On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
JML> Fred> 2) configure adds /usr/local/X11R5/lib to ac_x_libraries, as the
JML> Fred> search order in configure looks there before in /usr/lib (see
JML> Fred> configure, line 1834). We have installed an old libX11.a
JML> Fred> installed there, but the real actual libX11.a is under /usr/lib.
JML> Fred> This is bad, as lyx won't run then, it gives 0509-037 System
JML> Fred> error - error data is: lyx-1.0.0pl2 0509-027 Member shr4.o is
JML> Fred> not found or file is not an archive. 0509-027 Member shr4.o is
JML> Fred> not found or file is not an archive. 0509-022 Cannot load
JML> Fred> library libX11.a[shr4.o]. Hence I had to add "--x-libraries="
JML> Fred> to configure's options.
JML>
JML> There is not much we can do here: in general, special /usr/X11Rxx
JML> directories hold newer versions than system ones. Here you have old
JML> broken files laying around. Thus the need to use --x-libraries.
OK, but normally we have no problems with installations using
configure.
JML>
JML> BTW, is xmkmf in your path? In this case, it is used by autoconf to
JML> find X.
xmkmf is in my path, but are you shure that autoconf is used? Isn't
autoconf used to build configure?
Fred
Fred Hucht, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Duisburg, Germany
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