Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml
Date: 2007-04-14 12:46:10
Message-ID: 4620CD12.3060003@dunslane.net
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> The attached patch adds a test for libxslt/xslt.h and only builds
>> contrib/xml2 if it's found,
>>
>
> But the policy is that the presence of features in the final build
> should not depend on the incidental presence of features in the build
> environment. Either you select a feature, then it's built, or you
> don't, then it's not. So the only options we really have are adding
> another switch for libxslt, or including it with libxml. I'm not sure
> which is better.
>
>

Then let's add a switch for libxslt. I have a strong suspicion we'll
want it before long anyway, and it will mean we can do this in a less
kludgy way.

cheers

andrew

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