On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:53:38 -0800, Robert Pearson wrote:

>> Ok, that means that LessTif is not linked (=used) by
>> that application. The problem is something different, sorry.
>
>I think it's statically link: that is, I think the programmer
>put the libraries into the executable so that the user would
>not have to have the Lesstif libraries install, but instead the
>executable would have all the resources.   
>
>Does this sound possible?

Possible, but not very likely.
Since LessTif was LGPL'ed all the time distributing
or demanding installation of the libraries is/was in general
the preferred method.

>This program was created in late 1997 using Lesstif....can I assume
>that there are some issues having it run with current Lesstif and with
>Redhat 7.2?
>
>Perhaps the functionality should be taken out of it and it should be
>reprogrammed with a new resource library for X?
>
>thanks for your help.

If the source still exists re-building is certainly a worthwhile
option. Note that many binary compatibility issues are also
known on linux.


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Alexander Mai
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