Re: [TCLUG:5315] compiled wmaker, but image problems

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Hmm. Very odd. Oh well, at least it's working now.

-L specifies directories to look in for libraries. I have no clue why it
threw an extra -L in; I have never seen configure do this before.

----
Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Ben Luey wrote:

> Well I kept getting compile errors like:
> 
> /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -o wdwrite  wdwrite.o -L
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lPropList
> libtool: link: `-L' cannot specify a relative directory
> make[1]: *** [wdwrite] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/lueyb/install/WindowMaker-0.52.0/util'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1                                         
> 
> Although I have no idea what this means, I found out that the extra -L was
> causing the problem and so I found it in the Makefile and changed:
> 
> LIBLIST = libwraster.la -L  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -ltiff  -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lu
> to
> LIBLIST = libwraster.la  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -ltiff  -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lu
> 
> I did similar things to the Makefiles in every directory and now it
> compiled. What does -L do and why why windowmaker calling it twice?
> 
> Now windowmaker works with all the icons and stuff except that a few xpm's
> are corrupt (my mathimatica icons and others) -- for a little but I was
> using libpng-1.0.2 which programs said corrupted stuff. But other than
> that is it working.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
> 
> > I just did a new tar, configure and make and it said it had 
> > 
> >  PNG JPEG GIF TIFF builtin-PPM   
> > support.
> > 
> > For the first time it failed on the make:
> > 
> > [lueyb@pclueyb WindowMaker-0.52.0]$ make
> > Making all in wrlib
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/lueyb/install/WindowMaker-0.52.0/wrlib'
> > /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -o testgrad  testgrad.o
> > libwraster.la -L  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -ltiff  -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lungif -lXext
> > -lX11  -lm
> > libtool: link: `-L' cannot specify a relative directory
> > make[1]: *** [testgrad] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/lueyb/install/WindowMaker-0.52.0/wrlib'
> > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1                                          
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
> > 
> > Ben Luey
> > lueyb@carleton.edu
> > ICQ: 19144397
> > 
> > I'd a helluva lot rather have them talking about this than the fact the fact we
> > are the party of the rich and that prices are high. This story is not helpful 
> > but, to the average guy, whether the Republicans bugged the Democrats doesn't 
> > mean a goddamned thing. It means something to intellectuals. It means something
> > to people who are concerned about repression and credibility and all that 
> > bullshit. But the average guy is chewing his pretzel."  
> >       -- Richard Nixon about Watergate.
> > 
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> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397
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