Automagic dependencies (where the program automatically enables/disables
features based on the result of configure tests) aren't cool:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml
It's quite alright to default to automagic dependencies, but if the user
specifies --with-gflags or --without-gflags, the correct behaviour is to abort
configure if the flags library wasn't found (--with-gflags) or to never use it,
even if it exists (--without-gflags).
This is particularly important on source-based distributions like gentoo, where
optional dependencies are much more common.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by endgame....@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2011 at 11:41
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
endgame....@gmail.com
on 22 Mar 2011 at 11:41