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From: malis@star-trek.bbn.com (Andy Malis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Problem with Imake and xmkmf
Message-ID: <6783@archive.BBN.COM>
Date: 30 May 91 16:14:46 GMT
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When I use "xmkmf" to build a Makefile for an X application, the
resulting Makefile works fine until it comes time for the final
link.  At that time, the location of the libraries
(/usr/local/X11R4/sun3/lib/gnu) is not included on the linking
command line, and I end up having to add a -L switch by hand.

For example, I am building "unclutter" (thank you, Mark), and the
Makefile executes the following command for the final link:

gcc -DNOSTDHDRS -fstrength-reduce -fpcc-struct-return \
-fwritable-strings -traditional -o unclutter unclutter.o -O  -lXext  -lX11

The linker can't find libXext.a and libX11.a, because there is no
-L switch in the command line.

I checked the Imake site.def file, and found the following lines:

#ifndef LibDir
#define LibDir	/usr/local/X11R4/sun3/lib
#endif
 
#ifndef UsrLibDir
#define UsrLibDir /usr/local/X11R4/sun3/lib/gnu
#endif

Is there anything else that needs to be added to the site file?

Thanks.

Andy Malis <malis@bbn.com>    UUCP: {harvard,rutgers,uunet}!bbn!malis