Dear Brian and other list people: Why am I trying to build it myself?
Because the distributed package (0-93-91-5) seems to cause another problem, even the version that Harold Hunt patched (0.93.91-6) using Danny Backx's fix for the bug I encounterd a few months ago, and have no idea why it still crashes. I cannot find out in any more detail unless I run with a debug-compiled version. Is there another way to get a debug-compiled version other than building it myself? Harold's test-version of 0.93.94 seems to have this problem (non-widget etc.) (if it really is from lesstif) and he says it causes problems with nedit as well, so it is not a true release. But I am building a 0.93.91-6 without changes (at first) just to find out exactly where the crash is coming from, but get this (different) problem. Please see the archived thread on 'Grace (xmgrace) 5.1.12-1 ... ' for much greater detail on this (including backtraces, etc) I certainly realize that a 'properly built' lesstif is what I want, in what way is my version not 'properly built'? That is essentially what I was asking in the first place! However I followed Harold's directions exactly without trying to patch it or even debug it (at first) and I have this problem. How do I distinguish whether it is not 'properly built' or not 'properly updated'? Which is the problem? Can you provide details on what constitutes a 'properly updated' lesstif? I got the source from 0.93.91-6 (one line different from 0.93.91-5) Can you build xmgrace from source and then get the axis properties dialog box (double click an axis) to open without crashing? (Note the release 5-1-12-1 package binaries are compiled with STATIC libraries from an earlier version of lesstif and do not crash.) Thanks for your help Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Ford Sent: 19 January 2004 22:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: non-widget child "DropSiteManager" error (WAS: RE: Grace (xmgrace) 5.1.12-1 ... ) On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Atwood, Robert C wrote: > Update: by adding absolute paths to the missing libraries, I can get > it to compile,but now I get > > Error: attempt to add non-widget child "DropSiteManager" to parent > "xmgrace" which supports only widgets > > I have scanned the mailing list archive , and notice this problem > mentioned a few times with other software, eg DDD, but I cannot find > any resolution to this problem mentioned. Any pointers/ redirections > to an example I haven't found yet? > Using a properly updated or build lesstif will correct this problem. Why are you trying to build it yourself?