Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Tara Milana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My particular problem was with compiling gdk-pixbuf, I posted the > problem earlier. As outlined in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103708 your problem to compile gdk-pixbuf is a version incompatibility with your binutils and you can hardly

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Michael Torrie
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 07:23, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > As outlined in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103708 your > problem to compile gdk-pixbuf is a version incompatibility with your > binutils and you can hardly blame the GTK+ developers for this. Perhaps this should be in the pe

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > As outlined in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103708 your > > problem to compile gdk-pixbuf is a version incompatibility with your > > binutils and you can hardly blame the GTK+ developers for this. > > Perhaps this should be in the p

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Russell Shaw
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: As outlined in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103708 your problem to compile gdk-pixbuf is a version incompatibility with your binutils and you can hardly blame the GTK+ developers for this. Perhaps this should be in th

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any version incompatibilities should be handled in the relevant > configure.ac. We are talking about incompatibilies between the linker and installed libraries. This is completely out of the realm of GTK+. Sven ___

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Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Russell Shaw
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Any version incompatibilities should be handled in the relevant configure.ac. We are talking about incompatibilies between the linker and installed libraries. This is completely out of the realm of GTK+. You could make an autoconf m

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You could make an autoconf macro to check the ld.so version from > ldconfig -V. And how would I know that the user has libraries installed that are linked with a different and incompatible linker? The problem is not that GTK+ would depend on a speci

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Russell Shaw
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You could make an autoconf macro to check the ld.so version from ldconfig -V. And how would I know that the user has libraries installed that are linked with a different and incompatible linker? The problem is not that GTK+ would de

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Paul Davis
>I don't recall the specific error, but to test that libraries work, >an autoconf macro can compile and run a small program using a specific >library to see if it works. Autoconf macros can be specific to each >platform and/or test for all known implementations of ld to get a >version number. that

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Russell Shaw
Paul Davis wrote: I don't recall the specific error, but to test that libraries work, an autoconf macro can compile and run a small program using a specific library to see if it works. Autoconf macros can be specific to each platform and/or test for all known implementations of ld to get a version

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Paul Davis
>I assume some pre-existing libraries were linked with an older linker, >then a newer linker was installed? The only solution in that case is >for users to know the meaning of: > /usr/i386-pc-linux/bin/ld: anonymous version tag cannot be combined > with other version

Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

2003-10-19 Thread Mariano Suarez-Alvarez
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 00:22, Paul Davis wrote: > >I assume some pre-existing libraries were linked with an older linker, > >then a newer linker was installed? The only solution in that case is > >for users to know the meaning of: > > /usr/i386-pc-linux/bin/ld: anonymous version tag cannot be comb