GNU bug report logs - #39953
27.0.50; [PATCH] explicitly fail if Emacs was configured with but cannot compile native JSON support

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Message #17 received at 39953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stéphane Maniaci <stephane.maniaci <at> gmail.com>,
 39953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39953: 27.0.50;
 [PATCH] explicitly fail if Emacs was configured with but cannot
 compile native JSON support
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:07:45 +0200

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> This seems a bit too extreme to me, but I think giving an error on
>> missing Jansson headers only if --with-json is explicitly passed would
>> be okay.
>
> I was reminded about this from some reddit posts:
>
> https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/fwgpkd/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/fmo9d5v/
>
> Here's a proposed patch implementing my suggestion above.

My knowledge about the build system is rudimentary at best, so I can't
comment on your implementation.  The behaviour you suggest sounds
reasonable though.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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