Re: [as-devel] 1.7.90 compile problems
Ethan (allanon@crystaltokyo.com)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 06:36:21 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Dave Wreski wrote:
> > possible new features, how to fix bugs, etc. The "should be"'s and
> > "will be"'s of AfterStep, instead of the "is"'s and "was"'s. Bug reports
> > are welcome too, IMHO.
>
> Ok, cool. I'm currently using 1.7.4x on my Solaris box. I find that
> sometimes it abruptly aborts, killing the whole X server. I believe it's
> signal related, but obviously can't be sure. Also, simply starting xcalc
> causes it to choke. Has this been reported before on Solaris? Have there
> been enough significant differences that this may be worked out by now?
Nope, I haven't heard this before. I'll try running xcalc on my Solaris
2.3 box next chance I get. The problem might have mysteriously
disappeared by now, but it hasn't been explicitly fixed, AFAIK. More
information would be welcome.
> > > /usr/local/X11R6.3/include/X11/Xutil.h:644: warning: type defaults to
> > > `int' in declaration of `XSetNormalHints'
> >
> > These are caused by the Solaris X headers; they show up on the Solaris
> > 2.3 box I have, too. To turn them off, remove -Wall from the compile
> > line; this can be done by editing the configure script.
>
> Alright, sounds good. So it's a harmless problem? There isn't a chance
> it's using the wrong header, or will it use the XFree headers first?
It should be harmless, but you might run configure with the --x-includes
option just to be sure. I use the openwin headers (I don't use XFree),
so I'm not sure.
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