Conditional building of Xpm (and possibly others?)

[Roland Mainz]

Kean Johnston wrote:
> Would anyone object to me conditionalizing the building of Xpm?

The first question would be "why ?" as Xorg is currenntly the "upstream"
source for libXpm ...

> In lib/Imakefile, many of the libraries are already conditionalized
> with suitable "#if BuildWhateverLib". There are a number of
> libraries however, that are exceptions, and are all clumped together
> under "#if BuildLibraries". I specifically would like to move Xpm
> out of that list,

OK... then please open a RFE in bugzilla and file a patch there that it
can be reviewed there...

> but the broader question remains: why are those
> libraries all clumped under one conditional and not under individual
> conditionals like so many of the others?

Because the dependicies between all the libraries are not trivial to
describe and maintaining a more complex configuration doesn't make sense
as Xorg is the "upstream" for most of these libraries (and all libraries
for which Xorg isn't the "upstream" already have their switches to turn
the building on/off).
 
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Bye,
Roland

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