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diff etc/PROBLEMS @ 46658:ab6078ae4045
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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 24 Jul 2002 03:59:52 +0000 |
| parents | b0790d543280 |
| children | 86e8d59e2e49 |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Jul 24 03:58:02 2002 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Jul 24 03:59:52 2002 +0000 @@ -402,17 +402,16 @@ * The `configure' script doesn't find the jpeg library. -This can happen because the linker by default only looks for shared -libraries, but jpeg distribution by default doesn't build and doesn't -install a shared version of the library, `libjpeg.so'. One system -where this is known to happen is Compaq OSF/1 (`Tru64'), but it -probably isn't limited to that system. - -You can configure the jpeg library with the `--enable-shared' option -and then rebuild libjpeg. This produces a shared version of libjpeg, -which you need to install. Finally, rerun the Emacs configure script, -which should now find the jpeg library. Alternatively, modify the -generated src/Makefile to link the .a file explicitly. +There are reports that this happens on some systems because the linker +by default only looks for shared libraries, but jpeg distribution by +default only installs a nonshared version of the library, `libjpeg.a'. + +If this is the problem, you can configure the jpeg library with the +`--enable-shared' option and then rebuild libjpeg. This produces a +shared version of libjpeg, which you need to install. Finally, rerun +the Emacs configure script, which should now find the jpeg library. +Alternatively, modify the generated src/Makefile to link the .a file +explicitly. (If you need the static version of the jpeg library as well, configure libjpeg with both `--enable-static' and `--enable-shared' options.)
