[3018] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Fwd: SIMSUPER problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Thu Oct 11 10:02:11 2001
Message-Id: <200110111402.KAA01585@arizona.mit.edu>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
cc: Jean Foster <jfoster@MIT.EDU>, release-team@MIT.EDU, alexp@MIT.EDU,
longpd@MIT.EDU, ccount@MIT.EDU, jfoster@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [123]
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:02:08 -0400
From: Jean Foster <jfoster@MIT.EDU>
Hi Greg,
Thanks! I'll pass this along to the student who is maintaining the
software.
-jean-
> Hi. I've looked at the provided test program, and I think the problem
> might be with the way it's linked. In the directory Craig prepared,
> there is a script "makeSim" which links the program with:
>
> gcc -I/mit/motif/include/Xm/ test.c -L/mit/motif/sun4lib/ -lXm -lMu -lWcm -
> lMrm -lXt -lX -o SIMSUPER
>
> This link line is problematic for two reasons:
>
> 1. It uses the libraries in /mit/motif/sun4lib, which date back to
> 1993. Although Solaris backward compatibility is pretty good for
> whole programs, relying on backward compatibility for object files
> from eight years ago is probably not a very good idea.
>
> 2. It uses the Wcm library. I'm not sure what it is, but it's not
> in a modern Motif implementation and I hope it's not necessary
> for the actual simsuper program. The Mu library is also not part
> of Motif; it's an Athena-ism and isn't necessary for the test
> program.
>
> I notice the test program also does an #include <Xm.h>, which should
> be #include <Xm/Xm.h>.
>
> Linking against modern Motif libraries (which are under /usr/dt on
> Solaris, and are under /usr/athena on Linux; IRIX requires no special
> include or library declarations) might correct the problem. I was
> unable to reproduce the problem using the test program, though, so I
> can't be sure.
