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From: chucks@SNE42N.ORL.MMC.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: SUMMARY ld.so __XtInherit not found
Message-ID: <9011131740.AA24472@theopolis.orl.mmc.com>
Date: 13 Nov 90 17:40:57 GMT
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 Original question:
  When I run a X program that I wrote I get the error
 ld.so symbol not found __XtInherit

 Well it seems that a lot of people on SUNS running 4.0.3 and 4.1
 with and without the openwin libraries are having the same problem.

 One workaround is to link the Xt library statically. This causes the
 size of the executable to increase dramatically.
 This done with either -Bstatic -lXt -Bdynamic or /usr/lib/libXt.a
 in your link line.

 The problem has to do with the sun shared libraries and the
 need to link __XtInherit statically.

 The problem does not always manifest itself as I have compiled
 and run hundreds of X clients with no problems.

 So, can someone that really understands the shared vs. static libraries
 explain what is happening here. I received 20+ requests for the 
 answer, so it seems to be a recurring problem with no true fix.


 




Malcolm Strickland         		    chucks@iplmail.orl.mmc.com
Martin Marietta Electronic Systems 	    407-356-5909