xlibs hack

Guillem Jover guillem@debian.org
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:41:00 +0200


Hi,

On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:14:19AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> The following hack prevents common "missing -lfuck" breakage when linking
> with xlibs that are only in /usr/X11R6/lib.

That should be debugged properly, is this a bug on the missing
script, or a worst one in the dynamic linker?

> Since xlibs will eventualy move into a sane directory instead of that shitty
> X11R6 thing, i made up a hack to workaround it.  I'll probably merge it to
> our hacked xfree86 package.  Please use this instead of adding lots of hacks
> here and there to packages that need extra -lfuck flags.

Well depending on the cause it may be acceptable.

regards,
guillem