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From: graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problem Compiling XView
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Date: 14 Sep 89 04:41:08 GMT
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In article <124660@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, dmc%satori@Sun.COM (Doug Cook) writes:

> No, if you got that far, then you're compiling XView properly. The problem
> is that the XView notifier code makes rather extensive use of the FD_SETSIZE,
> etc. macros, which are new to 4.3BSD. Systems such as 4.2BSD, SunOS3.X and
> Ultrix 2.X don't have them. The file ultrix_cpt.h is an attempt to provide
> these macros to VAXen running older versions of Ultrix. As originally shipped,
> it's rather primitive.  I've rewritten this file to work for other 
> 4.2-based platforms as well. 

Why any anybody working working with X11 would run a version of ULTRIX below 3.X
is well beyond me!


Christopher Graham
Ultrix Resource Center
Digital Equipment Corp
New York City

"limitation is certainly the cheapest form of flattery"