MySQL embedded and pthreads

[Ian Monroe]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Edward Hades <edward.hades at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Edward Hades <edward.hades at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Hi, guys!
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>>> As you possibly know, I've been working on MySQLe integration with
>>> Amarok. I have encountered several issues.
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>>> First, MySQLe needs patching.
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>> That isn't really acceptable. We need to be able to depend on the distro
>> provided packages.
>>
> True, but it's build-only dependency. And if the two latter issues
> (key length and exit) are bearable, I am not quite sure if non-fPIC
> code can be used in shared libraries on every platform we target.

Ok, well it being build issue doesn't change the fact that we should
depend on vanilla mysql embedded. We shouldn't expect distros (let
alone all us developers) to setup special build environments for
Amarok.

Ian