[Spice-devel] Is it possible to build without vala?

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

----- Original Message -----
> 
> > On 8 Mar 2017, at 19:17, Marc-André Lureau <mlureau at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> In the configure.ac, the default for vala is “no”. But if I build without
> >> it,
> >> I get:
> >> 
> >> make[4]: Entering directory
> >> `/Users/ddd/Work/spice/spice-gtk/src/controller'
> >> 
> >>  *** Error: missing valac!
> >>  *** You must run autogen.sh or configure --enable-vala
> >> 
> >> Is it possible to build spice-gtk without valac? If not, should I add this
> >> as
> >> a requirement and make it a default in configure.ac? Or is the controller
> >> optional somehow?
> > 
> > --disable-vala --disable-controller should do
> 
> Meaning obviously the controller is optional. What do I lose if I disable it?
> 
> I assume this means configure should enforce this dependency, right?

Not really, because it's a build from git dependency. The tarball ships with vala generated files, so vala may be disabled from there and still build the controller. 

> 
> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Thanks
> >> Christophe
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