Re: Do I need a particular version of X for gtk+ ?

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> writes:

> Griff Miller <griff.miller@positron.com> writes:
> > Hi. I am trying to compile gtk+ 1.2.7 on SunOS 4.1.4, so I can use
> > X-CD-Roast. I am getting quite early on in the make:
> > 
> > In file included from gdk.c:47:
> > gdkprivate.h:205: parse error before `XIC'
> > gdkprivate.h:205: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
> > gdkprivate.h:208: parse error before `}'
> > 
> > I am thinking that this may have something to do with the fact that
> > SunOS 4.1.4's X11 stuff is X11R5 (or is it 4?). Anyway, it is NOT
> > X11R6, and I get the sneaky feeling that gtk+ needs X11R6?
> > 
> > I checked the FAQ, which claims that I all I need is gcc and X, but
> > perhaps I need gcc and X11R6 ?

[ gcc isn't required on all platforms, though it is most likely  
  the only option on something as old as SunOS ] 

> > Dang, and the glib install went so well.  :^D
> > 
> 
> Yeah, you probably need R6 in practice. Owen could say exactly. Maybe
> R5 works, but I doubt R4 does.

R4 will almost certainly not work. R5 should work, but you probably
have to configure GTK+ with --disable-xim.

Regards,
                                        Owen