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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Dynamic Linking of KDE apps on Solaris
From:       Mathias Waack <mathias () atoll-net ! de>
Date:       2001-03-08 9:42:13
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On Wednesday 07 March 2001 19:24, Michael Matz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Mathias Waack wrote:
> > mathias@homer ldd kde-config | grep libXext
> >         libXext.so.0 =>  /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
> > mathias@homer ldd pixie | grep libXext
> >         libXext.so.6.4 =>        /opt1/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4
> >         libXext.so.0 =>  /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
> > mathias@homer
> >
> > Why are some programs linked against libXext.so.0, other against
> > both libXext.so.6.4 and libXext.so.0 ?
>
> Do you by any chance suck in libGL and friends (e.g. thru libqt). 
> This would then link against libXext.so.0.  Don't do that, if you
> want to link against X11R6 (which seems to be the case here).  

No, I don't want to link against X11R6, KDE does it by themself. 

> Also
> libqt needs to be built with the same X11 as later KDE will be
> built with.  There can't be both libraries in one executable.

Hmm, the output above tells me that there _are_ both libraries in one 
executable...

> > Is the native libXext.so.0 buggy or misses it some features?
>
> Openwin is Openwin, and by definition (or history) a crappy piece
> of muddy broken shit 

If I would say this to one my users, her first question will be: why?

> (Though, it might work on Solaris 2.8 which I
> never tried). It anyway doesn't matter if it misses features or
> something, you nevertheless need to be consistent in which version
> of X11 you use.

Ok, I try to use openwin. Is this possible? How? Or if not, why? 

Mathias

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