From: rsc@ucar.edu (Bob Campbell)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:18:03 -0600 (MDT)
To: nsag@ncar.UCAR.EDU
Subject: Re: libXm.a

> In other words, my system won't handle xmkmf'ing a X applications.
> Most inconvenient.
>
> Do you have any idea what a user is supposed to do to get the imake
> config files to be correct?

The xmkmf you used is under the /usr/openwin tree, which was built without
knowledge of the Motif or CDE libraries.  CDE (/usr/dt) does not have any of
the imake utilities.  Why, I don't know.  Consequently, when you use xmkmf
or imake on a Sun (Solaris 2.5.1 or <, CDE 1.0.2) to build a Motif-based
application you must add the following to your Imakefile:

EXTRA_LIBRARIES = -L/usr/dt/lib -R/usr/dt/lib -lXm
EXTRA_INCLS = -I/usr/dt/include


For the same reason, you can't use Sun's OpenWindows xmkmf with gcc without
hacking the Makefile.  Sun assumes you're using the SunPro compiler, so they
added this to the Imake.tmpl in OpenWindows:

Imake.tmpl:#define OptimizedCDebugFlags -O -xF

The gcc compiler chokes on the -xF.  You might be able to remove -xF from
/usr/openwin/lib/config/Imake.tmpl, but the next time you upgrade, the change
may get wiped out.

So, you're using Imake template files that are out of date for the libraries
you're building against, but the libraries you want don't have an imake
tailored to use them.


Welcome to System Administration.


Bob Campbell
rsc@ucar.edu