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Building on Mac OS 10.3 leads to several link errors: this new FAQ entry explains how to overcome this problem

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<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
<filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
can be a problem on Mandrake systems).
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<title>General questions</title>

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<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
<filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
can be a problem on Mandrake systems).
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<question><para>
Building on Mac OS 10.3 leads to several link errors</para></question>
<answer><para>
The link error you're experiencing most likely looks like this:
<screen>
ld: Undefined symbols:
_LLCStyleInfoCheckForOpenTypeTables referenced from QuartzCore expected to be defined in ApplicationServices
_LLCStyleInfoGetUserRunFeatures referenced from QuartzCore expected to be defined in ApplicationServices
</screen>
This problem is the result of Apple developers using 10.4 to compile
their software and distributing the binaries to 10.3 users via
Software Update.
The undefined symbols are present in Mac OS 10.4,
but not 10.3.
One solution can be to downgrade to QuickTime 7.0.1.
Here is a better solution.
</para><para>
Get an <ulink url="http://rapidshare.de/files/20281171/CompatFrameworks.tgz.html">older copy of the frameworks</ulink>.
This will give you a compressed file that contains the QuickTime
7.0.1 Framework and a 10.3.9 QuartzCore Framework.
</para><para>
Uncompress the files somewhere that is not in your System folder.
(i.e. do not install these frameworks into your
<filename class="directory">/System/Library/Frameworks</filename>!
Using this older copy is only meant to get around link errors!)
<screen>
gunzip &lt; CompatFrameworks.tgz | tar xvf -
</screen>
In config.mak, you should append 
<systemitem>-F/path/to/where/you/extracted</systemitem>
to the <systemitem>OPTFLAGS</systemitem> variable.
If you use <application>X-Code</application>, you can just select these
frameworks instead of the system ones.
</para><para>
The resulting <application>MPlayer</application> binary will actually
use the framework that is installed on your system via dynamic links that
are resolved at run-time.
(You can verify this using <systemitem>otool -l</systemitem>).
</para></answer>
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<title>General questions</title>