Re: [Caml-list] findlib help: how to specify dependencies against non-findlib packages ?

[Guillaume Rousse <Guillaume.Rousse@inria.fr>]

Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> Am Montag, den 02.10.2006, 11:24 +0200 schrieb Guillaume Rousse:
>> I'm trying to add findlibsupport for camlimages.
>>
>> It has a dependency on graphics, which is easily handled by adding a
>> require variable in META file, as graphics provides findlib support.
>>
>> However, camlimages can also get compiled with either lablgtk or
>> lablgtk2 support (not both of them, as they have conflicting symbols),
>> but none of those packages have findlib support. It means I can't
>> ressort to smart dependency computation. I may eventually use the
>> linkopts variable to add explicit linking flags (such as -I
>> place/to/lablgtk2 lablgtk.cma), but this seem to be only possible for
>> linking, not for compiling, whereas I also need to pass -I
>> place/to/lablgtk2 option during compilation.
>>
>> So, is this just not possible at all ?
> 
> Of course, it is possible: Just write your own META file for
> lablgtk/lablgtk2 - this is what distros like GODI and Debian do. The
> META file need not to be in the same directory as the library if you add
> a line
> 
> directory="/path/where/the/library/really/is"
> 
> to the META file, so you can easily unify lablgtk's installation scheme
> with the findlib requirements.
I'm speaking of incoming camlimages 3.0.0 release, not of camlimages
packages in some distribution. I can't interfere with already existing
lablgtk/lablgtk2 installation, unless there is a way to do it privately
to camlimages itself.

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