dons:
clawsie:
hi, this is in regards to a build problem in X11-1.2, required to build xmonad
after running
runhaskell Setup.hs configure --user --prefix=$HOME/local
i see in the output,
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
and furthermore, in X11.buildinfo, i see
ld-options: -L/usr/X11R6/lib
but upon running
runhaskell Setup.hs build
i see
Preprocessing library X11-1.2... /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11 linking Graphics/X11/Types_hsc_make.o failed command was: /usr/local/bin/ghc-6.6 -lX11Graphics/X11/Types_hsc_make.o -o Graphics/X11/Types_hsc_make Setup.hs: got error code while preprocessing: Graphics.X11.Types
i don't know why the -L is not being passed to ghc, i am not sure how to force this, or even if i should have to considering that it is being populated in X11.buildinfo. i also have /usr/X11R6/lib in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH
this is on freebsd6.2, probably similar to other bsds that still might be using /usr/X11R6
thanks for any help you can provide brad
We've had two other reports of this on BSD-based systems, and I've had it myself on OpenBSD. The problem appears to be Cabal not propagating ld flags. And it seems to be fixed in the newest Cabal.
Brad, could you try updating Cabal to the most recent release, and then try again?
If that does indeed fix it, I'll start an FAQ web page for this info.
In particular, the issue is ensuring that -L/usr/X11R6/lib is passed. -- Don