[fpc-pascal] Freevision etc.

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2017-05-04 13:52, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> All this fails if the needed libraries are not available

You are indeed correct of course.

Below is the output as seen on a server that has no X11 related libraries installed.

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$./osmail -h
Shared object "libXft.so.2" not found, required by "osmail"
$
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Having two binaries also has other benefits. Your "launch binary" can do checks for a GUI environment, but it can also be used for over-the-wire binary updates. eg: You can't overwrite a running binary under Windows, but with a two binary setup the update can be done before launching the real application executable.

Regards,
  Graeme