porting: Linux to Freebsd
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Tue Jun 9 12:34:48 UTC 2009
Alexander Leidinger writes:
> >> Obvious question but if you edited configure.ac, you did remember to
> >> rerun autoconf afterwards didn't you?
> >
> > Uh ... no. (When I said "complete novice", wasn't kidding. :-)
>
> Not knowing C/++ when you want to port a C/C++ program makes it very
> hard for you to reach your goal...
C, I know. (Though not as much as other folks.)
GNU build tools ... not so much.
:-)
Anyway: many hours of compilation later, I hit this:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lttf
Quick checking suggests libttf is a Linux-ism, replaced by
libfreetype. Is this correct, and if so can I just (temporarily)
make the change in the list of libraries?
Robert Huff
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