patch 1/2 debuginfod client

Frank Ch. Eigler fche@redhat.com
Thu Nov 14 00:33:00 GMT 2019


Hi -

> > It'd be fractions of a second per configure run ... worth worrying
> > about?
> 
> Probably not, but if it is easy to hide after the check, why not do it?
> Don't if it requires nasty trickery though.

OK.

> > > > +PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
> > > > +AC_ARG_ENABLE([debuginfod], AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debuginfod], [Build debuginfo server and client solib]))
> > > > +AS_IF([test "x$enable_debuginfod" = "xyes"], [
> [...]
> 
> I think it is better to enable it by default and error out when the
> dependencies aren't found. Just add an explicit notice that people can
> disable it when they don't want it.
> AC_MSG_NOTICE([checking debuginfod dependencies, disable to skip])
> or something like that. 

OK .... well wait, that'll slow everything down by default after all. :-)

- FChE



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