Re: ddd-3.3.9-test2 build feedback HPUX once again...

[Tuomo Tikkanen]

ext Andrew Gaylard wrote:

> This is odd.  I've been testing with HPUX-11.11, and have never needed
> to add -lXmu, ever.  I did see that the "developer's kit" and a linker
> patch are needed before builds will work on HPUX-11.11, so this may be
> the reason that it worked for me and not for you.  See the problems
> file for details.

"Developer's kit" is needed on HPUX to compile anything. Without it one 
has only limited set of *.h files (ones that are needed to compile 
kernel after setting certain kernel parameters). It is impossible to 
compile any usable user-land programs without that kit.

I guess that reason why I need -lXmu is actually the fact that I use 
--with-athena so that I'll get as much as possible similar looking and 
behaving version of DDD over all the platforms that are used in our 
computing environment (Solaris, HPUX, and Linux). I actually haven't 
tried to compile DDD on any of the platforms without athena kit, but I 
really believe that I need -lXmu because of that toolkit. Comments in 
Makefile were just misleading me to think that the reason for need of 
-lXmu may be due the fact that Motif 2.1 is used on HPUX 11.*.

> The Motif problem is still annoying me.  The following is now clear:
> - HPUX-11.11 + the linker patch + the developer's kit will have
>   libXm.sl as a dynamic library in /usr/lib/libXm.sl,
>   which is a link to /usr/lib/Motif2.1/libXm.sl.  DDD-3.3.9 works
>   properly with this dynamic Motif library.  There are also older
>   Motif libraries on this Unix, but we don't use them (and we
>   shouldn't).

I am actually compiling DDD on HPUX 11.00 environment just because be do 
have 11.00 and 11.11 systems and programs (if compilers and other "lover 
level" stuff are not counted) compiled on 11.00 are compatible to be run 
11.11 according HP's statement. Other way around there is no quareantee 
for compatibly.

Unfortunately in 11.00 dynamic library is used it behaves as bad as in 
HPUX10.20 i.e. DDD dumps a core before it even gets any windows open. I 
have to admit that I have not tried to use dynamic linking in 11.11 
since I failed with it too when compiling official release of 3.3.8.

> - HPUX-10.20 + the December 2001 patch bundle has libXm.a in
>   /usr/lib/Motif1.2_R6.  DDD-3.3.<recent> work properly with this
>   static Motif library.  There are also other Motif libraries on this
>   Unix, but we don't use them (and we shouldn't).  In particular, the
>   dynamic libXm.sl will link correctly, but DDD will crash as it starts.

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