On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Atwood, Robert C wrote: > 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. > > Please see the archived thread on 'Grace (xmgrace) 5.1.12-1 ... ' for > much greater detail on this (including backtraces, etc) > Ok. I'm way behind on my list traffic because of the flu, holidays, and a funeral. I have briefly scanned the thread you refer to now.
> Is there another way to get a debug-compiled version other than building > it myself? > Not that I know of. > 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. > It is from lesstif. Could you post your exact link line? I haven't had time to try the test version yet. > 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? > I don't know. Properly linked might also be the problem, hence the request above. What did you pass to configure? Did you try putting the extra freetype libs in LIBS? > 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) > That should be fine. > 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.) > Maybe, but it'll be a while. > > Update: by adding absolute paths to the missing libraries, I can get > > it to compile,but now I get > > This is probably bad. By "the libraries", you mean the dll's, or the import libs? You want the latter, I believe. Sorry to be so sparse with the reply. I'm really backed up right now. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444