|"> Debian happily uses some derivatives of commercial developmental suits. |"> The most obvious example would be -dmotif and -smotif packages in contrib. |" |"OK, point taken, -smotif libg++ packagres won't be possible without |"a libg++27-altdev. (Do I care? no, but others may, I agree).
I don't think this is true. If I run a ldd on the Motif library: libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x401ca000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x401d7000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x40219000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40224000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x402c2000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x402cb000) libXpm: is statically linked (4.7 version); 4.6 is depended on libX11.so.6 libXt: libX11.so.6, libSM.so.6, libICE.so.6 libXext: libX11.so.6 libX11: statically linked libSM: libICE.so.6 libICE: statically linked I have been running this setup for several days now, and have yet to encounter any problems. I don't know whether there have been major changes between the libc5 and libc6 functionality, but if the functionality has not been changed (and I don't see why it should have, other than being more strict about things, X11 is after all highly platform independent, providing its own functions if there are subtle differences) I don't foresee many problems. |"xmp may well posess the same features as xlib does, i.e. maybe we |"don't need an xmp-altdev. Xpm seems to be statically linked in its latest incarnation, so if you think that being libc5-based is a problem, then yes, we need an xpm-altdev. |"> Yes, but even _after_ hamm is releaed the will be many people with |"> libc5 Motif, doing _development_. |" |"(Actually, I'm not aware of Motif packages needing libg++, but never |"mind). Depends on what's in libg++, I suppose - iostream etal ? Ronald -- >>> Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>> <<< I hold your hand in mine, dear / I press it to my lips. I take a healthy bite from your dainty fingertips. My joy would be complete, dear, if you were only here, But still I keep your hand as a precious souvenir. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
