[Pkg-xen-devel] [patch] Packages ocaml libraries

[Thomas Goirand]

On 10/24/2011 06:13 AM, Jonathan Ludlam wrote:
> That's not an argument I want to get in to. As far as I'm concerned, I'd
> like to try and get the ocaml libraries into debian. I don't really mind
> so long as I can compile the programs that need to link with them. You'll
> have to fight that particular battle out with the rest of pkg-xen-devel :-)

I'm not interested in any battle for it too. I already voiced my concern
about it anyway. As for "the rest of pkg-xen-devel", I guess you meant
Bastian, which anyway, almost never replies to such email?

> The big issue is that, due to the Debian recommendation against using rpaths,

Where did you read such recommendation? Can you give me pointers to what
you have read about it?

> the Debian ocaml packages have patches in to remove the ability to specify
> rpaths, which makes things tricky when the libraries you're trying to link
> against are stored outside of the usual places.
> 
> Anyway, the problem isn't insurmountable, and as I said, if we could only
> get the native libraries to work properly then that's no big deal. Xapi
> uses native compilation exclusively, so it won't hurt us.

Frankly, I'm really concerned if we move things in non-standard
libraries, without having even a return from Bastian about his
explanations why we should use /usr/lib/xen-<version>, just because that
is the current state of the Xen hypervisor pacakge. We MUST have a good
reason to do things in a way or another.

Thomas