[Buildroot] [PATCH] syslog-ng: Specify location of libesmtp

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

 > Dear Chris Packham,
 > On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:41:54 +1300, Chris Packham wrote:

 >> The way the test is implemented in configure.ac libestmp-config is
 >> invoked directly so it would need to be on the path. Or I could look
 >> at an upstream patch to change this to something that can be
 >> overridden. I'd almost prefer if libesmtp had pkg-config support which
 >> integrates better with autotools and buildroot has existing support
 >> for.

 > As Peter suggested, the way we usually fix that is by replacing the
 > direct invocation of <foo>-config in configure.ac by
 > ${FOO_CONFIG:foo-config}, so that it can be overridden in the
 > environment.

 > However, the current --with-<foo> solution that you have used is fine
 > for me. We do use this solution for numerous packages, so I'm fine with
 > using it as well for syslog-ng.

Agreed. The only potential issue is for static linking as
libestmp-config --libs may return more libraries than the hardcoded
-lesmtp, but I guess the autobuilders will tell us if that is the case.

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard