>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:38 +0100, Terry Barnaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

  Terry> For ease of installation, I would have thought that at least the following 
links should be provided
  Terry> in
  Terry> /usr/X11R6/lib.

  Terry> libXm.so.1.0.2
  Terry> libXm.so.1
  Terry> libMrm.so.1.0.2
  Terry> libMrm.so.1
  Terry> libXm.so.2.0.0
  Terry> libXm.so.2
  Terry> libMrm.so.2.0.0
  Terry> libMrm.so.2

  Terry> This allows other binary packages, such as nedit to be installed and work 
out-of-the-box. This
  Terry> would
  Terry> eliviate users installation problems and reduce support.

  Terry> The links for libXm.so, libXm.la, libXm.a, libMrm.so, libMrm.la and libMrm.a 
are questionable, but
  Terry> I would
  Terry> have said set them to the 1.2 version as this will be the most useful for 
builds and will allow
  Terry> source RPM's
  Terry> such as ddd to be built with no changes. Developers can then add the 
appropriate -I and -L flags
  Terry> for using
  Terry> LessTif2.0.

Yes, that could work quite well.  HP-UX uses the same technique, distributing
the numbered libraries with the run-time package and the links with the
development package.

__Martin

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