[fpc-devel]strange unit XLIB linking error

[Andrew Johnson]

On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 05:19, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just updated my fpc 1.0.7 from cvs and then recompiled lazarus.
> I got the message
> 
> ----------------------
> Free Pascal Compiler version 1.0.7 [2003/03/07] for i386
> Copyright (c) 1993-2003 by Florian Klaempfl
> Target OS: Linux for i386
> Compiling lazarus.pp
> Assembling lazarus
> lazarus.pp(302) Error: unit XLIB can't be smart or static linked
> Linking ./lazarus
> make[1]: *** [lazarus] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/..../lazarus'
> make: *** [ide] Error 2
> ----------------------
> 
> Adding the -XD switch I got the same but the line
> 
> lazarus.pp(302) Error: unit XLIB can't be shared or static linked
> 
> So, it seems that the current ppc386 can't link the unit XLIB in no way. Is
> there a mysterious, secret, fourth way of linking a unit?
> In any case it creates a working lazarus executable.
> 
> 
> Mattias

this has started happening for me too, including with other errors, I
got this error while compiling a test program and got the same sort of
error with gdkimlib, aka gdkimlib can't be smart or.. blah bah.
I also get it with libgnome.

Andrew