Re: How to compile and link GTK2 Programms tobe compatibe with XFree86 and Xorg

[Daniel Yek <dyek real com>]

David NeÄas (Yeti) wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 10:21:52PM +0200, gtk rapp-informatik de wrote:
>   
> > I changed my developping system now the system openSuse uses
> >   Xorg  the old system used XFree86
> > Installed gtk 2.8 or
> >
> > Building the exexutable now libraries from Xorg are included
> > like libXfixes.so.3 org
> > LivXinarema.so.1 or
> > libglitz.so.1
> >
> > the executeable does not run under systems using XFree86
> > because auf missing lib.
> > <snip>
> > I hope there will be a possibility to build gtk programms
> > under newer Distibutions also runable under older Distributions.
> >     

You are looking for LSB (which is probably not perfect, but it could be 
as good as you can get -- in my opinion, anyway):
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB

https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/lsb-discuss/.

--
Daniel Yek.
> > Installing firefox under the older Distributions makes no problems
> > and i guess this is gtk applikation too.
> >     
>
> Mozilla builds with old libraries, IIRC they build on
> something as ancient as RedHat 8.  To produce executables
> that run with library version X or newer build with library
> version X (assuming backward compatibility) -- to ensure
> your program actually works with version X, you need to
> build and test it with this version anyway (can be done for
> instance on a virtual machine).  The other possibility is to
> dlopen everything -- generally fragile. The third
> possibility is to bundle the libraries -- probably not an
> option with X.
>
> Yeti