Re: Autoconf can't find X11 libraries

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 02:05:49PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In this build on Ubuntu x86_64 autoconf is unable to find X11
> libraries:
>     https://travis-ci.org/techtonik/PDCurses/builds/101477536
> However, it works with explicit configure option
>     --x-libraries=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
>     https://travis-ci.org/techtonik/PDCurses/builds/101506738
> 
> It looks like the problem is PDCurses specific
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/539574/how-to-install-xaw-package-with-header-files/578003
> probably because people rarely use Xaw. Anyway, how to fix
> it? Is it an autoconf bug?

no - it is a bug in PDCurses' configure script, which assumes that the
libraries are in a directory "../lib" relative to the location of the
X headers.

You might find this to be useful:

        http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/agmartin/pdcurses.git/

Before noticing this, I would simply build PDCurses with a quick fix
for its configure script bug.  (Actually now I build it using Martin's
version plus some further fixes -- I use that for test-builds, e.g.,
of lynx, dialog).
 
> Please, CC.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: William McBrine <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:15 AM
> Subject: Fwd: [PDCurses] Need with Autotools compilation on X11
> To: address@hidden
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:28 AM, anatoly techtonik <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Are there any autotools experts here to say what should be
> > done to debug this failure?
> >
> > https://travis-ci.org/techtonik/PDCurses/builds/101423050
> 
> You can get around it by doing:
> 
> ./configure --x-libraries=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
> 
> but perhaps a more elegant solution exists?

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
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