[Kde-imaging] problems with finding correct exiv2

[Arnd Baecker]

On Wed, 16 May 2007, Fabien wrote:

> Hi Arnd,
>
> I perfectly remember this problem. There were already a thread about
> this in digikam-users.
>
> Check here :
>
> <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2006-December/002619.html>
> <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2006-December/002633.html>

I see, somehow I missed those when searching for the problem ...

[...]

> I also think it would be better to reverse the order, but I remember
> that could lead to some side effects : test was ok with pkg-config, but
> the Makefile didn't use the defined path first when linking.
> So, sometime you can have a case where everything looks good, but
> linking is done using the old version. I let you imagine how bad it
> could be :)

Yes, this would indeed be very bad ...

> More tests must be done before doing that...

OK, I won't be able to help on the technical side, but
if there are any specific tests I should do, please let me know.

Best, Arnd