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28 Jul 2024 08:24:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Can't build 3.5 on Solaris  
From: Sekenre
Date: 28 Aug 2002 05:40:03
Message: <web.3d6c9a3f95bcdc39c6303c790@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>>>   No. That's exactly the flag he should remove in order to get povray
>>> compiled. It won't compile with it.
>
>> Excuse the stupid question, but why?
>
>  The standard Solaris distribution doesn't have static X-libraries
>(ie. the .a-files), only dynamic ones (ie. the .so-files). The linking
>error is produced because the linker can't find the static libraries,
>even though it was ordered to use them.

Thanks, that makes sense.
I'll give it a try later on tonight and let you know what happens.

Cheers,
Sek


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