Re: oafd / libpopt

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Lutz Müller wrote:

> Sorry to bother you with that question:
> 
> Do you know where I can get a shared version of libpopt? (no deb, no
> rpm)

The version of popt included with Red Hat Linux 7.0 works for sure. You
can also just download the popt 1.4 release... (I don't really know WHERE
to download it from, alas.)

> The version 1.2 that is available from REDHAT servers won't give me
> shared libraries, as does the version (1.4) that is available in GNOME
> cvs (popt, although configured with --enable-shared).

You shouldn't use the popt module from GNOME CVS... It is Highly
Customized.

-- Elliot
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