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Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom build failure on an x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom build failure on an x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu |
Date: |
31 Jul 2006 06:41:41 +0200 |
"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
| Gaby,
|
| On July 30, 2006 9:13 PM you wrote:
| >
| > I got a new machine (64-bit) for work
| >
| > ...
| > and I've been trying to set up Axiom on it. It is running SuSE
| > 10.1 So far, I've been unsuccessful to build Axiom. The failure
| > is at
| >
| > [...]
| > 1 linking /home/gdr/build/axiom.2006-07-30/build/mnt/linux/lib/viewman
| > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so
| > when searching for -lX11
| > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a
| > when searching for -lX11
| > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
| > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
| > make[4]: ***
| > [/home/gdr/build/axiom.2006-07-30/build/mnt/linux/lib/viewman] Error 1
| >
|
| I have been running Axiom on an AMD64 Fedora Core 4 system for
| about a year.
well, looks like, we have a portability problem...
| > The root of the problem is that (I suspect) Axiom has hardcoded the
| > path to libX11, e.g. /usr/X11R6/lib. In fact, on a 64-bit system,
| > it is better to let configure find the good path (people have already
| > solved this kind of problem, we don't need to go through it again).
| > The path should be /usr/X11R6/lib64.
| >
|
| Yes. This was discussed just about this time last year:
|
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2005-06/msg00449.html
|
| What is the current state of the work towards creating a proper
| configure for the Axiom build? Are you actively working on it?
yes; I'm still working on it. Rather, I was still wroking on it till
the last hectic month and half. But when I came back, I did resume
the work.
-- Gaby