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From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/configure: Check if pixman is present
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:10:15 +0100
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On Wed, Jan 14, Ian Campbell wrote:

> A far more heavy weight (but probably better) solution would be to
> arrange for the clone (and necessary downloads) + submodule configure to
> happen at configure rather than build time. That's a much bigger job
> though and I wouldn't expect anyone to take that on unless they are
> super duper keen.

There are not that many dependencies. And having such checks in
tools/configure.ac for essential requirements is actually on my todo
list.

Olaf