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Bug 615518 - Add m4/introspection.m4 so that gobject-introspection is not required when building from git.
Add m4/introspection.m4 so that gobject-introspection is not required when bu...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: general
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
: 623492 633065 640630 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-04-12 12:48 UTC by Adrian Bunk
Modified: 2018-05-24 12:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Add m4/introspection.m4 so that gobject-introspection is not required when building from git. (4.59 KB, patch)
2010-04-12 12:48 UTC, Adrian Bunk 		none Details | Review

Description Adrian Bunk 2010-04-12 12:48:27 UTC 
Created attachment 158478 [details] [review]
Add m4/introspection.m4 so that gobject-introspection is not required when building from git.

Similar to what is done in e.g. gtk+.
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2010-04-12 13:33:22 UTC 
I don't like the idea of doing this: it means we'd have to keep it up-to-date, which is really not something that will happen.

What's the issue with having gobject-introspection when you build from git?
Comment 2 Adrian Bunk 2010-04-12 13:52:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> I don't like the idea of doing this: it means we'd have to keep it up-to-date,
> which is really not something that will happen.
> 
> What's the issue with having gobject-introspection when you build from git?

In the ARM Linux Internet Platform we build filesystems for embedded devices from git. I don't want to install gobject-introspection on the target only for getting introspection.m4.

Adding m4/introspection.m4 is what e.g. gtk+ and atk do.

The alternative would be to move introspection.m4 to glib.
Comment 3 Adrian Bunk 2010-05-15 14:01:47 UTC 
Re-assigning to glib.

It all boils down to the question whether building GNOME or parts of GNOME from git without installing gobject-introspection should be supported, and if yes, how to provide introspection.m4.

I'd personally prefer having it supported by moving introspection.m4 to glib, and if that's considered OK I can provide a patch.

For the record, software currently shipping a copy of introspection.m4 in git includes:
- atk
- clutter
- gstreamer
- gtk+
- unique
Comment 4 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2010-05-19 16:00:48 UTC 
General GLib bug, moving over from introspection.
Comment 5 Colin Walters 2010-05-24 15:58:53 UTC 
Yes, let's put introspection.m4 in glib.
Comment 6 Christian Persch 2010-07-04 11:38:39 UTC 
*** Bug 623492 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Darxus 2011-01-08 21:54:03 UTC 
This bug has been open for 8 months.  Can the error message at least be made more useful, as I requested in bug 638936?

"HAVE_INTROSPECTION does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL" is not the best indicator that I need to install the gobject-introspection package.
Comment 8 Christian Persch 2011-01-26 12:15:00 UTC 
*** Bug 640630 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Christian Persch 2011-05-28 22:14:54 UTC 
*** Bug 633065 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 12:13:08 UTC 
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