Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw iprimus com au>]

Sven Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu> writes:
>
> > > As outlined in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103708 your
> > > problem to compile gdk-pixbuf is a version incompatibility with your
> > > binutils and you can hardly blame the GTK+ developers for this.
> >
> > Perhaps this should be in the permanent FAQ.  I had never heard about
> > this before now.  I saw one reference to it on the mailing list archives
> > (the same problem as she had) but no one responded.  That was about six
> > months ago.  I guess it's in the permanent record now, as it's now in
> > the list archive.  :)
>
> Well, it shouldn't be a problem that hits a lot of people. If I
> understand this correctly, it means that you messed up your system
> badly.  This should not happen under normal circumstances.

Any version incompatibilities should be handled in the
relevant configure.ac.