Still some Problems with libXext.a

Torsten Zirzlaff (zirzlaff@nienor.in-berlin.de)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 23:00:24 +0200


I don't know if I'm the only one, but I often got compiling errors due
the use of libXext.a . The error messages looks like:
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o): In function `XextAddDisplay':
extutil.c(.text+0xf4): undefined reference to `XInitExtension'
extutil.c(.text+0x130): undefined reference to `XESetWireToEvent'
extutil.c(.text+0x150): undefined reference to `XESetEventToWire'
extutil.c(.text+0x180): undefined reference to `XESetCreateGC'
extutil.c(.text+0x1a4): undefined reference to `XESetCopyGC'
extutil.c(.text+0x1c8): undefined reference to `XESetFlushGC'
extutil.c(.text+0x1ec): undefined reference to `XESetFreeGC'
extutil.c(.text+0x210): undefined reference to `XESetCreateFont'
extutil.c(.text+0x234): undefined reference to `XESetFreeFont'
extutil.c(.text+0x258): undefined reference to `XESetCloseDisplay'
extutil.c(.text+0x27c): undefined reference to `XESetError'
extutil.c(.text+0x2a0): undefined reference to `XESetErrorString'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x10): undefined reference to `XInitExtension'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x18): undefined reference to `XESetWireToEvent'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x20): undefined reference to `XESetEventToWire'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x28): undefined reference to `XESetCreateGC'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x30): undefined reference to `XESetCopyGC'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x38): undefined reference to `XESetFlushGC'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x40): undefined reference to `XESetFreeGC'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x48): undefined reference to `XESetCreateFont'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x50): undefined reference to `XESetFreeFont'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x58): undefined reference to `XESetCloseDisplay'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x60): undefined reference to `XESetError'
/usr/X11/lib/libXext.a(extutil.o)(.lita+0x68): undefined reference to `XESetErrorStr

I found these messages quit frustrating, because I read them as an
error in Xext and not an error in the program I would like to
use. Surprisingly on my old i386 the compiling runs smooth but *very*
slow.

Any suggestions?

Ciao

Torsten

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