Re: bundling / PECL
| From: | Marko Karppinen | Date: | Thu, 30 May 2002 17:45:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: bundling / PECL | ||
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Shane:
> For situations like this, perhaps we can 'bundle' libraries in PECL.
> The make system could examine the system for the library, if it is not
> installed, or is not the required version, it could ask the user if they
> want to have it downloaded/built/installed automaticly.
I agree, except for the install part. PECL should never ever install
additional shared libraries and/or headers. The dependent libs should
be linked directly onto the extension binary, and the headers should
only be used for compiling the extension itself.
mk