# To subscribers of the xforms list from Rob Fletcher <rpf1@york.ac.uk> :
nOn 12 Apr 2002, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr> :
>
> >>>>> "spl" == spl <spl@ncmir.ucsd.edu> writes:
>
<snip>>
> spl> I'm thinking maybe `libforms.so', `libformsimage.so', and
> spl> `libformsGL.so'. Any suggestions? Objections?
>
> THis may be useful, but I never have been bitten by that. Another
> problem which is annoying however, is that the xpm and jpeg libraries
> are included in the static library and not the the dynamic one (or the
> opposite, I don't remember :). Whatever you choose to include, it
> should be the same for both kind of libs.
I think this would be a good idea Steve. As you know, not an uncommon
approach.
Jean, I too have been bitten by this "problem", but really all the
"independent" libraries, xpm, jpeg, tiff, zlib, png, and so on should be
left independent - they are also in a state of flux and changing - and
tghere may be interdependencies such that e.g. an update to zlib would
render your tiff lib useless unless you updated the tifflib. In this case,
you would have to rebuild your static lib with both the new versions
to make things work again. (Yes, of course, you don't need to do anything
unless you need the "new" features or have been bitten by a "bug" in the
new relaease of e.g. zlib .... or whatever).
It might not be an unreasonable idea to put the Xforms "support" libs into
one .so and to provide a decent makefile to allow "make supportlibs"
to work, thus easing update issues.
Just a though to throw into the fray ... nwo what was it you called shared
libraries Steve? "Spawn of the Devil"?
Rob.
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