Re: autoconf/automake for detecting whether GNOME is installed

[Morten Brix Pedersen <morten wtf dk>]

Hi,

* Ari Pollak <compwiz aripollak com> [2002-07-17 01:00:55]:
> Then what happens if a user installs KDE and/or GNOME later? They should 
> not have to recompile the application when it doesn't actually depend on 
> KDE or GNOME but merely because of an application file. Instead of 
> automatically detecting, perhaps you should put a configure/Makefile 
> option to disable desktop files for either KDE or GNOME so you don't 
> penalize people who want the desktop file there if they install 
> KDE/GNOME later.

You are right. I'll install them both by default and add --disable
options.

Thanks.

  - Morten.

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