Re: XForms: [Fwd: dec-alpha 4.0: why does xforms requires opengl ?]

T.C. Zhao (tc_zhao@yahoo.com)
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:51:01 -0800 (PST)

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Let me know if the new build works.

---Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Could anyone comment on this problem ?
>
> I never received any answer/acknoledgement or comment about
> that...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -t
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
>
> I have just downloaded xforms 0.88 for dec-alpha 4.0.
>
> I was able to successfully compile my program but I get the following
> errors when I try run it:
>
> 3744:./mtv: /sbin/loader: Error: Unresolved symbol in
> /usr/local/lib/libforms.so.0.88: glXChooseVisual
> 3744:./mtv: /sbin/loader: Error: Unresolved symbol in
> /usr/local/lib/libforms.so.0.88: glXCreateContext
> 3744:./mtv: /sbin/loader: Error: Unresolved symbol in
> /usr/local/lib/libforms.so.0.88: glXDestroyContext
> 3744:./mtv: /sbin/loader: Error: Unresolved symbol in
> /usr/local/lib/libforms.so.0.88: glXMakeCurrent
> 3744:./mtv: /sbin/loader: Error: Unresolved symbol in
> /usr/local/lib/libforms.so.0.88: glXQueryExtension
> thread_init: loader error: dlopen: Unresolved symbols
>
> Looks like if the guy who built libforms.so for dec-alpha 4.0 linked
it
> with
> gl.o (which requires opengl).
>
> As a result, this libforms.so uses opengl symbols and cannot run
> on systems where opengl is not installed.
>
> If I understand correctly, gl.c is provided
> so that libforms.so does not have to require opengl.
>
> Could someone fix the dec-alpha 4.0 distribution so that
> it does not require opengl ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -t
>
>

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