Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom build failure on an x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:

| Gaby,
| 
| On July 30, 2006 9:13 PM you wrote:
| > 
| > I got a new machine (64-bit) for work 
| > 
| > ... 
| > and I've been trying to set up Axiom on it.  It is running SuSE
| > 10.1 So far, I've been unsuccessful to build Axiom.  The failure
| > is at
| > 
| > [...]
| > 1 linking /home/gdr/build/axiom.2006-07-30/build/mnt/linux/lib/viewman
| > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so 
| > when searching for -lX11
| > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a 
| > when searching for -lX11
| > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
| > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
| > make[4]: *** 
| > [/home/gdr/build/axiom.2006-07-30/build/mnt/linux/lib/viewman] Error 1
| >
| 
| I have been running Axiom on an  AMD64 Fedora Core 4 system for
| about a year.

well, looks like, we have a portability problem...

| > The root of the problem is that (I suspect) Axiom has hardcoded the
| > path to libX11, e.g. /usr/X11R6/lib.  In fact, on a 64-bit system,
| > it is better to let configure find the good path (people have already
| > solved this kind of problem, we don't need to go through it again).
| > The path should be /usr/X11R6/lib64.
| >
| 
| Yes. This was discussed just about this time last year:
| 
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2005-06/msg00449.html
| 
| What is the current state of the work towards creating a proper
| configure for the Axiom build? Are you actively working on it?

yes; I'm still working on it.  Rather, I was still wroking on it till
the last hectic month and half.  But when I came back, I did resume
the work.

-- Gaby