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From: tsang@ISI.COM (Kam C. Tsang)
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Subject: Motif 1.1.2 and SunOS shlib
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Date: 3 Jun 91 18:23:43 GMT
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[This is really for Scott Weitzenkamp.  Our mailer can't handle uunet
address.  Sorry for wasting bandwidth.]

> How hard is it to make SunOS shared libraries for Motif 1.1.2? 

Building sharable library for motif is easy.  Just compile the motif
files with the -pic flag and link the object files (ld -o libXm.so.1.1
-assert pure-text *.o) .  One complication is that in 1.1 motif has
grown to size beyond what Sparc can handle, so you need to splt the
library into two and probably call them libXm1.so.1.1 and
libXm2.so.1.1, and your applications will have to link with -lXm1
-lXm2.  You can play with your Imakefile to make it happen, but since
it's more or less a one time deal it's easier to just tweak the make
file.

> Does OSF have any plans to support this in a future release of Motif?

I don't work for OSF so I can't speak for them as far as plans to
support this.  I guess they have their worries, too, because they
probably want to do it on all platforms, and that may be a task of
reconizable size to them.  (This is just an observation, not a flame)
So, in a nutshell, the last word from OSF was that they have other
priorities and this one is not one of them.

> is there any kind of FAQ for motif-talk

If you stick around on motif-talk long enough there will be a FAQ
distributed every now and then, by Jan Newmarch
(jan@echo.canberra.edu.au) in Australia.  There's not mailing list for
this FAQ, so please don't post a message asking to be put on the list.

-kam