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> Some packages look for files in the wrong place, e.g. /usr/include/libxml |
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> for files which gentoo puts in /usr/include/libxml2/libxml, and don't |
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> have configure options to specify the correct path. One can fix this |
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> either by patching Makefiles or by creating symlinks. I normally do |
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> the latter. My question is: What should one do in an ebuild? Does |
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> gentoo have a policy about how to fix these packages? |
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In general we prefer to patch the Makefiles (or add the correct flag |
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to ./configure). |
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Best, |
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g2boojum |
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