On Wednesday 16 August 2017 15:52:38 fredvs wrote: > Hello Graeme. > > OK, understood that libX11.so is needed for linking against that library. > > But ( aaargh, I am unbearable), is it really needed to link libX11.so ? > No.
> Could fpc do like it does for libc, consider libX11 as a "coomon" library > and only load it (without to link it) ? > They could link to libX11.so.6 because there is probably no system which has libX11.so.5 today and if there is one it most likely is incompatible (thats the matter of major version numbers) and there probably never will be a libX11.so.7 because X11 "is dead anyway" and if there is one it will be incompatible. I fear it will never happen, I long gave up on FPC for pragmatic solutions and changes on behalf of the users other than Delphi compatibility or the direct benefit for core members. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
