77049 - Use Xlib-toolkit if no GTK+ is available...

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, enhancement)

Description

[Roland Mainz]

RFE: Build config should switch to Xlib-toolkit (e.g. "--enable-toolkit=xlib")
as "fallback" if GTK+-toolkit is not available or does not work (e.g. configure
test fails (like on 64bit SPARC where it tries to link against 32bit
libraries)).

This should help on platforms like 64bit SPARC where GTK+ toolkit is not
available (see bug 20860) and removes one item from the incredibly large "you
must install xyz first before you can compile mozilla"-list...

Comment 1

[cls]

This is not going to happen.  The existance of a "fallback" mechanism would
imply extended support for building with xlib which is not in any current
roadmap.  We do not have the developer resources to split development between
both gtk & xlib as such as fallback would require dual-toolkit development.  If
a machine cannot meet the default prerequistes, then the user can specify the
configure options themseles to get around the problem.

Comment 2

[Roland Mainz]

> If a machine cannot meet the default prerequistes, then the user can specify 
> the configure options themseles to get around the problem.

Agreed... valid arguments.

What about adding a "echo" line which tells the user about the option to use
"--enable-toolkit=xlib" when the GTK+/GDK test fails and/or update the Unix
build instructions ?

Comment 3

[Jon Granrose]

verified.