[vorbis-dev] Distribution Fixes

[Jack Moffitt]

> You are incorrectly making the assumption that if it is not in the path I 
> will "bomb out" of configure (which is what the macros will do).
> 
> But I do not wish to do this. I wish to conditionally compile Ogg Vorbis 
> support (#ifdef HAVE_VORBIS).

Do the *.m4's bomb out?  they shouldn't.  The whole point of creating
them was for the xmms build tree, to do conditional compilation of the
vorbis plugin inside their tree.

They should just set the paths (which you CAN do without -config scripts
in autoconf).  If the path doesn't exist, don't build :)  Maybe there
needs to be an example project that shows their intended use.

As for the *-config scripts, I see both sides.  The typical way to
detect things without using autoconf (i assume this leaves you with
plain makefiles) is to have multiple CFLAGS lines an let the user
choose, or multiple build targets (not really all that great). LAME does
this.  I hate it :)  That's why autoconf is in such wide use in the
first place.

I'll keep the *-config scripts around until we come to some definitive
conclusion to the debate :)

jack.

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