Bug 219

Summary:	should use OS supplied expat library by default.
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Jim Gettys <jg>
Component:	Build/Monolithic	Assignee:	Default Bug Report Assignee <xorg>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high	CC:	eich, mharris
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Bug Blocks:	213

Description Jim Gettys 2004-02-25 09:35:47 UTC

Again, expat is often installed up stream, so it should not be used
by default.

This should be release noted as well, documenting a know to work version.

Comment 1 Egbert Eich 2004-03-02 04:38:46 UTC

System Expat is currently used by Cygwin and SCO.
I've created a preliminary Release note and will add Linux to the list
of systems that use the OS provided version by default. Tell me which
other OSes I should add.

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2004-03-05 00:27:38 UTC

I just examined current sources and it appears to me that HasExpat should
be enabled on Linux OS by default now in linux.cf.  I believe you did the
updates Egbert, could you comment on wether all OS defaults are correct
for HasExpat or not and close this if you believe it is complete?

Thanks

Comment 3 Egbert Eich 2004-03-05 10:59:11 UTC

Check RELNOTES.XORG for a list of OSes where it is the default.
I'm still waiting for people to tell me on which versions it
should not be default. Also I can make it default on more systems
if I'm told that this is feasable.
I will close this for now. If anyone wants to add systems create
a new bug.

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