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Date:      14 Jul 2003 20:19:43 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: minor patch for gconf
Message-ID:  <1058228383.49088.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <200307142005.39934@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net>
References:  <200307141816.25067@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <200307141922.58178@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> <1058225812.299.100.camel@gyros> <200307142005.39934@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net>

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On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 20:05, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> =3D> I don't really use gconf (xmleditor dragged it in through the
> =3D> gnomelibs), so I'm more interested in the "technicality", than in
> =3D> getting anything done :-) Why would it not work? Seems to:
>=20
> =3DBecause you'd have to edit gconf's configure to known about db4.  Take=
 a
> =3Dlookg at patch-configure.
>=20
> I see.
>=20
> =3D> I would think, it is imperative, that the bogus dependency is cut ou=
t
> =3D> from the popular port. Unless I misunderstand you, this is a bug in
> =3D> gconf, that the FreeBSD port of gconf better fixes, is not it?
>=20
> =3DIt would be better to simply remove the db* dependency, and comment ou=
t
> =3Dthe checking code in configure (or break it).  GConf has never used th=
e
> =3DDB backend (only XML).
>=20
> This is exactly, what I was saying. Should I file a PR or will you, guys
> just do it? Yours,

If you want to do the patch, cool.  Else, I was just thinking of making
the check always evaluate to false in configure.

Joe

>=20
> 	-mi
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