Re: Problem with Libplot

[Ben Pfaff]

Michel, a long time ago you had started this email thread saying
that libplot didn't link properly in recent snapshots.  Do you
still see problems with libplot on the stable branch, or in
0.6.2-pre6?  If so we should fix it.

It isn't important to fix libplot problems on master, since
libplot won't be used by 0.7.x.

Michel Boaventura <address@hidden> writes:

> I've downloaded the last version on git repository, and ran
> autogen.sh. With this the problem disapear.
> But on the ben's snapshot it still happens.
>
>
> 2009/2/2 John Darrington <address@hidden>:
>> I suggest that we check in this patch into the stable branch.
>>
>> J'
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:03:30PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>>
>>     It is a bug in the configure script.  The plotutils manual
>>     mentions that -lpng -lz might be necessary, but we don't check
>>     for it.
>>
>>     Do you want to file a bug report?  It would be helpful.
>>
>>     The plotutils description of how to link against it is awfully
>>     complicated:
>>
>>            To link your application with GNU `libplot', you would use the
>>         appropriate `-l' option(s) on the command line when compiling it.  
>> You
>>         would use
>>
>>              -lplot -lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lpng -lz -lm
>>
>>         or, in recent releases of the X Window System,
>>
>>              -lplot -lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11 -lpng -lz -lm
>>
>>         These linking options assume that your version of `libplot' has been
>>         compiled with PNG support; if not, you would omit the `-lpng -lz'
>>         options.
>>
>>            As an alternative to the preceding, you may need to use `-lplot 
>> -lXm
>>         -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lpng -lz -lm', `-lplot -lXm -lXt -lXext -lX11 
>> -lpng
>>         -lz -lm -lc -lgen', or `-lplot -lXm -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lpng -lz -lm 
>> -lc
>>         -lPW', on systems that provide Motif widgets instead of Athena 
>> widgets.
>>         In recent releases of the X Window System, you would insert `-lSM
>>         -lICE'.  Recent releases of Motif require `-lXp' and possibly `-lXpm'
>>         as well.)
>>
>>            On some platforms, the directories in which `libplot' or the other
>>         libraries are stored must be specified on the command line.
>>         For example, the options `-lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11',
>>         which specify X Window System libraries, may need to be preceded by 
>> an
>>         option like `-L/usr/X11/lib'.
>>
>>
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