Resolution of the library-path mess

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Oct 2 03:58:27 UTC 2017


>>> I'll add language to INSTALL that one should make sure this directory 
exists
>>> so as not to step on any distribution copy of the ntp library.  
>> That doesn't sound strong enough.  It's too easy to accidentally screw up.

> What would your recommend instead?

I'm not sure.  This whole mess is mostly over my head.

How about making waf install do the check?  I think that means adding an 
option to bypass the check in case that's what you really want.  Or maybe 
just explicitly telling it where is good enough if that directory exists.



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