Re: [PHP-DEV] Changes to ext/xml config.m4 From: Sterling Hughes (Sterling.Hughes <email protected>)
Date: 01/09/01

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Rui Hirokawa wrote:
>
> >> don't think those belong in there. Specifically, you changed it to look
> >> for Expat installed in /usr/local and /usr - this goes contrary to
> >> meaning of the bundled Expat library. What I mean is that the
> >> --enable-xml switch (on by default) means that the bundled library
> >> should be used, not that Expat should be searched for wherever
possible.
> >> If people don't want to use bundled Expat, they should
do --disable-xml.
> >
> >I understand what you said.
> >
> >How about this ?
> >--enable-xml (on by default): use bundled expat lib.
> >--enable-xml2 (off by default): search libexpat>1.95 and use it.
> >--disable-xml : disable both options.
>
> Why not doing it like Mysql is done? ie. change it to --with-xml
> and if no path is issued, use bundled library. And maybe issue a warning
> about it..?
>
> Or have both --with-xml and --enable-xml (on by default).
>
> Another thing I run into today is Sablotron 0.50:
>
> ----8<----------------
> There is a significant change of how the expat is used since version
> 0.50. Sablotron _never_ builds the expat under source tree, but
> supposes, that you have installed Expat library in your system.
> -------8<-------------
>

Right that's why PHP has changed its build process to include the xmltok and
xmlparse libraries when building sablotron. ;-)

-sterling 

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