Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml
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Msg-id 4620CD12.3060003@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: build/install xml2 when configured with libxml  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> The attached patch adds a test for libxslt/xslt.h and only builds
>> contrib/xml2 if it's found,
>>
>
> But the policy is that the presence of features in the final build
> should not depend on the incidental presence of features in the build
> environment.  Either you select a feature, then it's built, or you
> don't, then it's not.  So the only options we really have are adding
> another switch for libxslt, or including it with libxml.  I'm not sure
> which is better.
>
>

Then let's add a switch for libxslt. I have a strong suspicion we'll
want it before long anyway, and it will mean we can do this in a less
kludgy way.

cheers

andrew

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