Subject: Re: phantom X11 lib
To: John Franklin <franklin@elfie.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/10/1999 15:26:29
John Franklin wrote:

> This is really starting to piss me off.  What you see below happens with
> both a 1.6.2 version of xosview and with a freshly compiled 1.7.1 copy.
> What is wrong with xosview?  Is it just blind?  Am I?  xterm runs fine, 
> and it needs the exact same "missing" library.  Actually, I don't see
> this with *any* other program.

The ELF section of the Alpha FAQ should give you the answers you want,
especially the section on "I made a shared library but my programs can't
find it".  Sounds like xosview needs -Wl,-R/usr/X11R6/lib on the link
line.  Look at http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Ports/alpha/faq.html#elf .

Simon.