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possibility to use system libraries #808

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
would be great if sigil during build could use system libraries instead of 
bundled one, it will help packagers to include sigil in linux distributions.
Is there any work planned related this enhancement?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jan.kle...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 8:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
You can build from source if you want to use system libraries. The installers 
use bundled ones.

Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 8:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I have to disagree with you. I could not, as your CMake scripts does not find 
them, and is not able to use them
(easy check, remove src/xerces and try to get sigil compiled when xerces is in 
default location /usr/include/xercesc/)

Original comment by jan.kle...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 8:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Ah, I thought you meant you wanted to use the system Qt libraries over those 
bundled in the installers. Now I know you referred to the bundled *source* 
libraries.

No, there are no plans to use system libraries. My time is limited and this 
wouldn't bring much to the everyday user. The Linux installers work well for 
most people. Others build from source. I made damn sure that building from 
source is trivial.

Also, Linux users are ~8% of the user base. Not a single one has complained 
about this lack of using system libs.

So I'm marking this as postponed. I have no plans to work on this for the 
foreseeable future. There are *many* more important issues on my TODO list than 
this (just take a look at the tracker).

Patches are welcome though.

Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 8:50

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Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 8:50

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Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2011 at 9:43

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Original comment by meme90...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2012 at 7:32

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This was fixed for 0.6.0 (not released yet). When packaging if system libraries 
are found they will be used instead of the bundled ones.

Original comment by john@nachtimwald.com on 26 Apr 2012 at 12:34