[tex-live] dynamic libs
Kaja P. Christiansen
kaja@daimi.au.dk
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:06:49 +0100
Martin Schroeder writes:
> > What about xdvi?
>
> Quite dynamic:
Exactly (my email addressed xdvi only).
Karl writes:
> x_tool_libs="-Wl,-Bstatic -lXaw -Wl,-Bdynamic -lXpm -lXmu -lXt"
>
> This isn't my bailiwick any more, but ... those options cannot just be
> hardwired in.
> 1) Neither -Wl, nor -Bstatic/dynamic are the right syntax for all linkers.
> 2) -lXpm does not exist on some systems.
> 3) linking Xaw statically seems wrong to me anyway.
>
> I'm sure none of this is news.
>
> What is the actual error?
None yet ;) I'm waiting for new autoconf to proceed with compilations.
But I recall that dynamic libraries in (o)xdvik for linux gave Staszek
problems last year and caused much email exchange. I'd like to avoid
it this time.
Kaja