Re: Error in configure for Balsa 1.1.5

[Steve Cayford <scayford terracom net>]

On 2001.06.16 17:09:58 -0500 Ali Akcaagac wrote:
> On 2001.06.17 00:02:12 +0200 Steve Cayford wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, in config.log I find:
> > 
> > configure:3434: checking for new_pspell_manager in -lpspell
> > configure:3453: egcs -o conftest -g -O2  -I/usr/lib/glib/include
> > -I/usr/X11R6/include  conftest.c -lpspell   1>&5
> > /lib/libdl.so.2: undefined reference to `_dl_vsym@GLIBC_2.2'
> > /lib/libdl.so.2: undefined reference to `_dl_sym@GLIBC_2.2'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > configure: failed program was:
> > #line 3442 "configure"
> > #include "confdefs.h"
> > /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
> > /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
> >     builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
> > char new_pspell_manager();
> > 
> > int main() {
> > new_pspell_manager()
> > ; return 0; }
> > 
> > My concern is more about having multiple copies of libpspell. An old
> one in
> > /usr/lib and the new one in /usr/local/lib. Would this cause this
> problem?
> 
> depends... it looks to me that some functions are refering to an older
> GLIBC version or werent recompiled for current glibc. thats how it looks
> like for me.. may i know what glibc you are using and what glibc you have
> used to compile a) the old libpspell and b) the new one. it really
> matters
> you probably need to recompile the old and new pspell with the current
> glibc version..

I installed RedHat 7.0 originally which included libpspell pre-compiled. It
also
included glibc 2.2, and I added libc 5 to run WordPerfect. I also find a
directory /usr/i386-glib21-linux with glibc 2.1.3 which must have been
included for backwards compatibility or something.

-Steve