[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Duplicating prereqs installed by OpenSRF Makefile.install in Evergreen Makefile.install?

[Dan Scott]

2009/8/14 Shawn Boyette <sboyette at esilibrary.com>:
> Dan Scott wrote:
>>
>> Quick note: in a recent set of commits, a number of prereqs (such as
>> liblog-log4perl-perl) were added to the Evergreen Makefile.install
>> file, but these are already part of the prereqs installed by the
>> OpenSRF Makefile.install.
>>
>> This seems to run counter to the approach of "first, install OpenSRF
>> (and therefore install its prereqs); then, install Evergreen (and its
>> own additional prereqs)" that keeps the prereqs separate and avoids
>> dual maintenance. Was this intentional (in which case, it would be
>> useful to know why it is necessary), or just an oversight?
>
> Thanks, Dan. No, this wasn't intentional, it was me getting back into
> working on osrf after a really long time, forgetting exactly how it wants to
> be built, and trying to be really aggressive about catching all
> dependencies. I'll get the dupes cleaned out today.

Cool, the dupes don't really hurt, but it could get messy in the long
run. Thanks for that!

> P.S. I don't know exactly how long it's gonna take, but you're getting your
> wish for a (testing | optional sample) database at install time.

Wow, awesome! Just minutes ago I wrote a separate message about that
wish. You make me smile.

-- 
Dan Scott
Laurentian University