From kde-core-devel  Tue Jun 27 18:23:07 2000
From: David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:23:07 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Annoying lib interdependency
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 07:57:37PM +0200, Geert Jansen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> While adding app start notification to kdesu, I encountered an annoying 
> library interdependency. To implement this, I need the method 
> "KRun::libmapnotify()" from libkio, and I need it in libkdesu. But, libkio 
> depends on libkdesu (it needs KDEsuClient), so we have a circularity.. 
> 
> What is the preferred way to solve this? Move libmapnotify() to kdecore 
> (like launcher())? Move KDEsuClient somewhere? Other solutions?

I'd suggest moving libmapnotify() to kdecore. It doesn't have anything
to do with network transparency... it's just about finding a lib.
(if ltdl was ours, it would even go there...)

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