I've found a better solution to our LessTif problems. There is no need
to compile xfree86 with -flat_namespace, so long as every package which
depends on LessTif is compiled with a new LDFLAG, -force_flat_namespace .
I've checked this with five packages: ddd, geomview, mgv, nedit, xephem.
(I have put modified versions of these packages on the package submission
tracker under an item called "LessTif-dependent packages" if anyone
else would like to test.) My testing conditions are: XFree86 4.2
installed with the installer from XonX, together with the latest lesstif
from unstable recompiled after installation. (I'm not sure if it was
necessary to recompile lesstif.)
These modified packages should work fine, even if you have compiled xfree86
with -flat_namespace. See the explanation of -force_flat_namespace below.
I also expect that this new flag will fix the problems which Finlay was
having when he tried to compile a new version of Amaya which has been on
the tracker since November.
If this solution works for everyone, we will be able to go back to the
default options for fink's xfree86 packages, which will then be
functionally equivalent to the XonX installation.
Here's an excerpt from man ld:
-force_flat_namespace
Specifies the executable output to be built and
executed treating all its dynamic libraries as flat
namespace images. This marks the executable so
that the dynamic link editor know to treat all
dynamic libraries as flat namespace images when the
program is executed.
-- Dave
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