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Re: dynamic loading of the imagemagic library?
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joakim |
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Re: dynamic loading of the imagemagic library? |
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:57:49 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden wrote:
>> Is it ok to use dlopen and dlsym for imagemagick loading on
>> gnu/linux platforms? I presume yes, but since I only dimly understand
>> why dynamic use of external libraries is problematic, I ask.
>>
>
> Linking to Free libraries is not problematic, making a generalized API
> to allow arbritrary libraries to be dynamically loaded might be. The
> reason w32 uses dynamic linking for the image libraries is that there
> is no equivalent of apt/deb, rpm, BSD ports or fink on w32, so it is
> better for the users if we don't fail to run when non-essential
> dependencies are missing.
Ok, a user expressed interest in having the same system on for instance
Debian, so imagemagick wouldnt be a hard dependency of emacs, just an
optional one. I agree with the sentiment.
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Joakim Verona