Re: XFree 4.0.3 debs
Hallo Charl,
* Charl schrieb:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 07:02:30PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:22:38PM +0200, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> > > Why libXv.so is not integrated in the new pre-debs from
> > > Branden Robinson's site?
> >
> > Because the upstream build process does not compile a shared version. Xv
> > is at present available only as a static library.
> >
> > > It is needed by applications like xine to view
> > > VCD or DVD in fullscreenmode.
> >
> > Yes, and they can link it in statically.
> >
>
> Alternatively, you could do the following (as root, in /usr/X11R6/lib):
> ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXxf86dga.so libXxf86dga.a
> ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so libXv.a
>
> This tends to do the trick at least for livid (the last time I checked).
Yes, thanks I know this, but why I have to create this on every
machine and then it is not integrated in the package-database,
next upgrade to xfree 4.1 and I will have trouble, when I forgotten
it. After an email to SuSE (feedback@suse.de) they have included
this shared version's of libraries in their XFree-packages.
cya
Waldemar
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