[Digikam-users] Digikam from svn fails to compile because of absence of libXrender.la

[Gerhard Kulzer]

On Thursday 13 April 2006 17:40, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Fabrice Flore-Thebault wrote:
> > Well, don't know where is the  best to tell about it :
>
> ...
>
> > libjpegutils.la  -L/usr/share/qt3/lib -L/usr/lib    -R /usr/lib -R
> > /usr/lib -R /usr/share/qt3/lib -R /usr/lib jpegmetadata.lo exifrotate.lo
> > transupp.lo -ljpeg -lkexif grep: /usr/lib/libXrender.la: No such file or
> > directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libXrender.la: No such file or
> > directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libXrender.la' is not a valid libtool
> > archive make[4]: *** [libjpegutils.la] Erreur 1
> > ----
> >
> > The fact is that libxrender-dev (0.9.0.2-2) doesn't provide
> > any 'libXrender.la' file anymore :
>
> Yep, on systems with proper shared library support, .la files associated
> with shared libs "just suck".  ;-)  There's probably a .la file somewhere
> on your system that still references the now-missing libXrender.la.
> grep "libXrender.la" /usr/lib/*.la
> will highlight the offender(s).  Easiest quick-n-dirty fix:
> sed -i -e 's|/usr/lib/libXrender.la||' /usr/lib/*.la

Well on my system there are just too many: Debian unstable, KDE 3.5.2
grep -c "libXrender.la" /usr/lib/*.la|wc
    241     241    6544

Gerhard