Re: kpathsea

[Mats Bengtsson]

> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> 
> > First check: What version of kpathsea do you have?
> > grep KPSEVERSION /usr/local/tex/include/kpathsea/c-auto.h
> 
> address@hidden:~]$ grep KPSEVERSION
> /usr/local/tex/include/kpathsea/c-auto.h
> #define KPSEVERSION "kpathsea version 3.3.3.1"

Should be OK!

> > (mine is 3.3.1)
> > 
> > Second check: Try the test case from configure manually:
> >   - Create a file kkk.c with the following contents
> > ---------------------
> > char kpse_find_file();
> > 
> > int main() {
> > kpse_find_file()
> > ; return 0; }
> > ----------------------
> >   - Run 'cc kkk.c -L/usr/local/tex/lib/ -lkpathsea'
> >     and see if you get an error message and what it says.
> 
> address@hidden:~/temp]$ cc kkk.c -L/usr/local/tex/lib/ -lkpathsea
> /usr/local/tex/lib//libkpathsea.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Could it be a lib file built for some other platform?
At least, you've found a source to your problems, any local
C hacker should be able to help you find out what's the problem.

   /Mats