Re: htscodec has new upstream location

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hi John,

Am 25.05.21 um 15:17 schrieb John Marshall:
> Steffen Möller wrote:
>> htscodecs is now distributed next to samtools
> [...]
>> I needed this update to compile 1.12 of htslib. which again is required
>> to compile bcftools 1.12.
> If you are making htslib depend on your libhtscodecs package then you need to configure htslib to use it via --with-external-htscodecs.
>
> At present, you are configuring htslib to use its bundled copy from the htslib/htscodecs subdirectory (which you have copied into your repository rather than having it as a git submodule as the upstream htslib has). I would suggest that you delete the bundled htscodecs subdirectory/submodule entirely from your repository (thus forcing your build to use an external libhtscodecs), as you do for samtools's and bcftools's bundled (in release tarballs) copy of htslib.

Thank you tons. I will add that flag and remote that folder just as you
suggested - if Michael as the official Uploader does not object.

On a sidenote, I did not voluntarilty update that libhtscodecs package
but got an error during the build tests of the htslib package that
referred to codecs -. and that was gone after that update.

Best,
Steffen