Re: configure: Require at least version 1.6 of gnutls.

[James Mckenzie]

Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> at Oct 22, 2008 2:15 AM wrote about configure: Require at least version 1.6 of gnutls.
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, James Mckenzie wrote:
> > Henri Verbeet <hverbeet(a)gmail.com> at Oct 21, 2008 10:04 AM wrote about configure: Require at least version 1.6 of gnutls.
> >
> > Why are we looking to use gnutls 1.6?  Is there a feature that is 
> > needed for Wine?  If so, I will have to check Fink before building 
> > Darwine again.
>
> Yes, we use the following types and functions (and maybe more) which are 
> not available in the very old Gnutls versions:

Since you stated 'very old' version, so I have a question.  When did these functions become available?  I am not going to assume that they were introduced with version 1.6.
> gnutls_alert_description_t
>   gnutls_transport_set_errno
>
> For the autoconf check it's probably enough to just check for 
> gnutls_transport_set_errno() and warn if it's missing.

This is a good idea.  We should check for the newest function and if it is not available, force an error and let the user know that these are available with version 1.6.

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> The software said it requires Win95 or better, so I installed Linux.

I used "The software said it requires Win95 or better, so I installed OS/2".  I miss it.  Now I use a Mac and wish I had started with one.
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James McKenzie