Re: Can't compile Dillo 3.0.3

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 02:47:56PM +0200, Sebastian Geerken wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, August Karlstrom wrote:
> > Linking with libX11 is what's missing:
> > 
> > LIBS=-lX11 ./configure
> > make
> > make install
> > 
> > This means that libX11 needs to be added to the build scripts.
> 
> On Mon, May 13, August Karlstrom wrote:
> > This is what I get:
> > 
> > $ fltk-config --ldflags
> > -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -lfltk
> > $ fltk-config --ldstaticflags
> > -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.a -lXext
> > -lXft -lfontconfig -lfontconfig -lXinerama -ldl -lm -lX11
> > 
> > >The configure script of dillo uses "--ldflags", which is used for
> > >dynamic linking against "libfltk.so", while "--ldstaticflags" is used
> > >for linking against "libfltk.a". Which files of the two do you have in
> > >the respective directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/)? My guess is
> > >that "libfltk.so" does not exist and so dillo is linked statically.
> > 
> > I do have both the dynamic and the static libraries:
> > 
> > $ ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk*
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.a
> > [..]
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfltk.so.1.3
> 
> X11 is needed in src/xembed.cc. It seems that on most systems it is
> linked indirectly, (src/dillo -> libfltk.so -> libX11.so), on others
> not, so that an additional "-lX11" is necessary. Should we add it
> generally? It does not harm; we have only to care about other systems
> than X11.

Could we check for libX11 in configure and link explicitely against
it if available but not fail otherwise?
That way dillo should still compile on OSX.

 Johannes