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bug #58321: --without-fltk produces a warning

Submitter:  Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Submitted:  Thu 07 May 2020 01:38:34 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Configuration and Build System Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Other
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 6.0.90 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 07 May 2020 08:54:38 PM UTC, comment #5: 

I confirm the warning is now gone and am happy with this fix, but I don't have permissions to close this issue. Can one of y'all maintainers do so?

Follow-up issue for the broader approach at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?58330.

Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Thu 07 May 2020 06:14:16 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I also think that issuing a warning and alarming users if FLTK isn't configured is unnecessary.  I checked in a change on stable to do that here https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/a36309586b0c.

The larger project probably deserves it's own bug report, but I'll let someone else close this report.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Thu 07 May 2020 04:55:19 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I like that idea too. But it may also be worth demoting FLTK specifically so that no warning is issued, even when the --without-fltk option isn't used but detection fails.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group Member
Thu 07 May 2020 04:47:02 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I like that better.

I've got enough make/configure skill that I could maybe do a patch for that. I'll give it a whirl this weekend.

Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Thu 07 May 2020 03:23:02 PM UTC, comment #1: 

How about a general change in the way configure works so that we may issue warnings for missing features when we test for them but not when they are explicitly disabled by options like --without-PACKAGE or --disable-FEATURE?

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Group administrator
Thu 07 May 2020 01:38:34 PM UTC, original submission:  

When you do a configure --without-fltk, it produces a warning:

{verbatim}
configure: WARNING: --without-fltk specified.  FLTK widgets will be disabled.
{verbatim}

FLTK support and usage has fallen off, so I think it's normal to build without FLTK these days. It's not a problem and no user intervention is required. Perhaps this "WARNING" should be demoted to a "NOTE" or removed entirely, to avoid scaring or confusing users who are building Octave?

Andrew Janke <apjanke>

 

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    2020-05-07 rik5 StatusReady For Test Fixed
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