Re: [PATCH] configure.in: add --disable-libuuid option (Was: libuuid (Re: blkid: util-linux-ng vs. e2fsprogs))

[Scott James Remnant <scott-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi Ted, any good?

On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:39 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:51 +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:48:57AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > > It is supposed to be safe to replace the built-in libblkid in
> > > e2fsprogs with the one in util-linux-ng.  There may be bugs, but if
> > > there are report them, and we'll work to get them fixed.  I'll try to
> > > keep the bug fixes in e2fsprogs and util-linux-ng roughly synchronized
> > > for at least a while, since it takes a while for distributions to make
> > > the switch.  So a brusque, "drop libblkid, who cares if we screw over
> > > distro's that haven't yet moved to util-linux-ng" is not in the cards,
> > > no.  In terms of formal plan, probably in a year or so.  I'm believer
> > > in long compatibility windows.
> > 
> >  Yes, this is our plan.
> > 
> >  This reminds me...
> > 
> >  The next step is to move libuuid from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng.
> >  Currently, this library is widely used by many packages (Fedora-11):
> > 
> >    $ repoquery --qf="%{NAME}" --whatrequires libuuid* | sort -u | wc -l
> >    74
> > 
> >  The util-linux-ng code is already prepared for this change and the
> >  library has been merged into git tree.
> > 
> >  It would be nice to add the --disable-uuid option to e2fsprogs. If I
> >  good remember Scott has a patch for this change. Scott?
> > 
> Right ;)
> 
> attached
> 
> Scott
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Scott James Remnant
scott-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org

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