RE: RE:Building XFree

["Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at InspirePharm dot Com>]

> I think I fixed the build problem.
> the /lib/X11 dir would build using dlltool 2.9.5/dllwrap 0.2.4
> from the cvs
> but not with dlltool 2.9-cygwin-990830/dllwrap 0.2.4  which is from the CD
> v1.0.  I assume dllwrap calls dlltool
> What is your dlltool ver?

I do not think so.  On my PC dlltools from B20.1, Cygwin v 1.0 and from CVS,
worked OK.

>
> However this presented new problems with building /lib/Xext
>
> if [ -f /tmp/DLL_BASE_COUNTER ]; then true; \
> else echo 0x67000000 > /tmp/DLL_BASE_COUNTER; fi
> dllwrap -s --def Xext.def --output-lib libXext.a -o libXext.dll globals.o
> extutil.o XMultibuf.o XShape.o        MITMisc.
> o XTestExt1.o XSync.o Xdbe.o XLbx.o             XSecurity.o XAppgroup.o
> Xcup.o DPMS.o XEVI.o junk.o -L../../exports/lib
> -lX11 -image-base `cat /tmp/DLL_BASE_COUNTER`
> VERSION 6.4
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x74):fake: undefined reference to
> `XPanoramiXAllocInfo'
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x78):fake: undefined reference to
> `XPanoramiXGetScreenCount'
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x7c):fake: undefined reference to
> `XPanoramiXGetScreenSize'
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x80):fake: undefined reference to `XPanoramiXGetState'
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x84):fake: undefined reference to
> `XPanoramiXQueryExtension'
> libXext.exp(.edata+0x88):fake: undefined reference to
> `XPanoramiXQueryVersion'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> dllwrap: gcc exited with status 1
> make: *** [libXext.dll] Error 1
>

You are getting this because you have defined XPanorama Extension.

>
> This is easily fixed by commenting out the following lines in Xext-def.cpp
> as they are not used by Xext

Should be protected by #ifdef not commented out.  Otherwise you will be
breaking
XFree86 code for all the other plaforms.

>
> /* XPanoramiXQueryVersion
>  XPanoramiXAllocInfo
>  XPanoramiXGetScreenCount
>  XPanoramiXGetScreenSize
>  XPanoramiXGetState
>  XPanoramiXQueryExtension*/
>
>
> I will work on it some more as I get time
>
> Trevor