Re: [Evolution] Problem compiling latest CVS version of gal.

[Dan Winship <danw ximian com>]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 19:11, Not Zed wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 03:24, Dan Winship wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 19:53, Michael-John Anthony wrote:
> > > Oops - Solaris 8, Sparc.
> >
> > I had the same problem on OS X. The fix is to add -lX11 explicitly to
> > the link line for libwidgets.al. (Although really, the right fix is to
> > make e-cell-text not use e-font any more, and then kill off e-font,
> > which is where the symbols are coming from.)
>
> Hrm, why is it not being added anyway ?  Is it something to do with our
> 'non portable' static linking stuff?

Not totally sure. It seems to have to do with the fact that gal calls
Xlib functions directly, as opposed to just calling gdk functions that
call Xlib functions.

-- Dan