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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Building gEDA
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Ineiev <ineiev AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On 02/26/2013 08:19 PM, Markus Hitter wrote:
>>
>> Do people actually build from tarballs these days?
>
> Yes, I do.
>
>>> The build process does not in any way interact with packages, so
>>> packages are not relevant. Header files and symbols in libraries are.
>>
>> That's entirely true. Giving a hint in which package a library/header/tool
>> can be found can't hurt, though.
>
> Yes, it can. if configure listed all possible locations for various
> versions of various distros, it might be a nightmare.

So call it a hint, and note that it might be out of date.  gEDA goes
to greater length elsewhere to document things that are already
documented elsewhere.

Britton