Ticket #20 (new defect)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

rpm-4.4.2.3: configure does not warn that libpopt is missing

Reported by: dvlasenk Assigned to: pmatilai
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: rpm Version: RPM 4.4.2.3
Keywords: Cc:

Description

I downloaded rpm-4.4.2.3 source tarball. I ran configure and it seemingly succeeded, however make errors out:

In file included from ../../rpmdb/dbconfig.c:7: ../../lib/rpmlib.h:15:18: error: popt.h: No such file or directory

IMO configure should abort and let user know that a required library is missing. Usually configure also checks whether the library, if it is present, is not too old, to stem bug reports caused by known bugs in old versions.

Change History

01/09/09 11:44:39 changed by pmatilai

This was fixed during rpm 4.6.x development but hasn't been backported to 4.4.x branch. Dunno if its worth the trouble at this point, considering all the other (far more severe) issues of 4.4.x...