autoheader/autoconf errors

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Jan 28 16:15:17 CST 2003


Chris Morgan <chrismorgan at rcn.com> writes:

> I'm still not seeing what this has to do with detecting
> capabilities at compile time.  The build system should detect
> that libofx exists and consequently build ofx/qfx import
> support into gnucash.  It shouldn't be required to have libofx
> to build gnucash but that isn't what we are discussing is it?

Perhaps it should turn it on if it detects it, but it's easier to
alert the user to failure if the user has to specifically turn on the
feature.

There are plenty of projects that have configure-time compile checks.
If you don't like it -- submit a patch.  Just quit kvetching about it.

> Chris

-derek

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