[csw-maintainers] Which x11 library to choose?

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Roger,

Am 12.03.2010 um 15:22 schrieb Roger Håkansson:
> Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> Hi Roger,
>> Am 12.03.2010 um 12:49 schrieb Roger Håkansson:
>>> On 2010-03-12 11:07, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise we end up with the same problem as we have right now,  
>>>>> some
>>>>> packages are linked with Sun X11 and some with OpenCSW X11 and  
>>>>> when creating
>>>>> a package which is linked to libraries from both categories we  
>>>>> get into
>>>>> trouble.
>>>>
>>>> Is this an example of what you were talking about?
>>>>
>>>> $ ldd -r /opt/csw/bin/awesome | grep libX11
>>>>        libX11.so.6 =>    /opt/csw/X11/lib/libX11.so.6
>>>>        libX11.so.4 =>    /usr/lib/libX11.so.4
>>>
>>> What I meant was that it takes a lot of time for the maintainers  
>>> to try to work around the various link-errors you get.
>>> But also, such a binary isn't guaranteed to work at all.
>> Ok, that means we should identify the libraries linked to Sun X11 and
>> rebuild them instead of working around anything, right?
>
> That's my recommendation, yes

I set up a project page to track progress:
   <http://wiki.opencsw.org/project-x11>
Please add what you see fit.


Best regards

   -- Dago