Why not learn how to use autoconf to adapt your makefile to different system inconsistencies? While you're at it, add some macros to support different versions of QT.
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:46:19 -0600, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 12:38, Chris Alvarez wrote: > > Hey guys > > > > I have a question. I always have tried to use the same Linux distro that > > is used in the CS labs at the Talmage building. I do it only to avoid > > any posibility that my labs might not run as expected due to some > > discrepancy in the libraries in my machine at home and the ones at the > > labs. Thus, I've been using Red Hat 9 for the past year. As I > > understand, the system admins are updating the distros in the labs to > > Fedora Core 2, and from what I have heard, someone had to make changes > > to the GUI of the CS 240 chess program to make it work with the > > libraries in Fedora Core 2 because of something in the Qt libraries. > > No, the chess gui as it stands would continue to work fine as long as > you had gtk 1.2.x libraries installed. Now of course, gtk2 is out and > looks a lot better, as well as is cleaner. So the chessgui was updated > to work with the newere gtk libraries. GTK 2.2 or newer should work > fine. Note that you'll need gtkmm and libsigc++ too. (see > http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net). It had nothing to do with QT libraries. > > > > > I bring this up because I have been using SuSE 9.1 Pro for a while at > > work, and I would love to use that at home instead of FC2. Do you know > > of the possibilities of library mismatches between FC2 and SuSE 9.1 Pro > > that might cause problems when trying to complete the labs for the > > 400-level classes? I'm especially concerned about the classes that deal > > with graphics and AI (450, 455, 655, 470, 478, 670, etc). I know that > > with a little of research and some time I could get the configuration of > > my computer at home to be more FC2-like and be able to work on the lab > > assignments at home, but I would like to know a bit more about that > > before I make a decision. If it would be too much of a trouble I'd just > > rather install FC2 at home and forget about it. > > Specifically with cs240, I know of no real problems that would prevent > you from running the newer chessgui on it, provided you had the right > libraries and devel libraries installed on SuSE. > > Bear in mind that when dealing with C++ programs, due to binary > incompatibilities between versions, exes compiled and linked against c++ > libraries with one version of g++ will not necesarily run with libraries > from a newer g++. Straight C programs and libraries have no such > problems. I think SuSE 9.1 has the same compiler as FC 2, so you > shouldn't have too many issues. > > I think you'll be fine. > > Michael > > > > > > Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, accusations? > > > > P.D. For those of you that are subscribed to the list and are not BYU CS > > students, the classes I mentioned use things like OpenGL(CS 455)and > > BZFlag(CS 470). I'm not sure what the other classes use for sure. > > > > Chris Alvarez > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ext. 1-3837 > > IS&T Web Applications Services > > Novell, Inc., the leading provider of information solutions > > http://www.novell.com > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
