On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:10:02 -0800 (PST) >From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Subject: Re: libXinerama > > It ships with XFree86 and RH should have installed it in >/usr/X11R6/lib/
My guess, is that he has a binary application he's downloaded, which was compiled on Gentoo or some other Linux distribution which ships all XFree86 libraries shared by default, and is trying to run it on a Red Hat system, which ships libraries the way XFree86 supplies them by default, which is no shared libXinerama, and having an application failure. I see this type of problem more often than I'd like to, however the solution is simple for users experiencing problems with badly compiled binaries: Download the application's source code and recompile it properly against the Red Hat system (or other distribution conforming to XFree86's library defaults). The application will then link to the _proper_ libraries, and work on any system, including broken systems that ship all libraries shared by default presumeably in an effort to trigger software malfunctions unnecessarily when the default static libraries get incompatible API/ABIs changes without getting .so version bumps. ;o) I see this type of issue reported about libXv the most, libXxf86dga second to that, but presumeably all static-only default libs are affected. Hopefully 4.4.0 changes all static libs in an incompatible way to encourage people to not override XFree86's defaults for shared libraries. ;o) -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
