[PATCH] detect path to dmidecode in configure (fd.o bug #9318)

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Thu Feb 15 11:21:16 PST 2007


On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 19:43 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this patch adds detection of the location of dmidecode to configure. If 
> dmidecode could not get found we fall back to the same path as already 
> hardcoded in probe-smbios.c. This would fix fd.o bug #9318

I guess that's fine although I'm not too fond of requiring the tool to
be available during build (e.g. it forces a BuildRequires in the RPM
spec file). But I suppose it's useful for some people. Please commit.
Thanks.

    David




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