FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <james.k.lowden AT alliancebernstein.com>]

> From: ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:57 AM
> 
> 
> I was looking at
>
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1674575&group_i
> d=33106&atid=407806. I still don't understand if this is wanted or
> not... from configure --help
> 
>   --with-unixodbc=DIR     build odbc driver against unixODBC in
>   DIR
> 
> this tell, "I want to build with unixODBC support with unixODBC
> installed in DIR" but what does it mean if there is no DIR? "I want
> unixODBC support"? In this case I think default detection should
> be used and should produce an error if sql.h/sqlext.h are not found.

Different bug, IMO.  The option is

        --with-unixodbc=DIR
not
        --with-unixodbc[=DIR]

If possible, configure should break with an error message saying DIR is
required.  

I do not think it's helpful to say "--with-unixodbc" by itself.
Autodetection already builds ODBC if  the headers are found, so
"--with-unixodbc" would mean "build unixODBC and ignore other DMs you
happen to find".  If a machine has two DMs installed, the user is
competent to tell configure which directory has the one he wants.  

Regards, 

--jkl

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