XFree86-4-clients Build Failing

[Kent Stewart]

On Friday 17 October 2003 08:14 pm, billg wrote:
> XFree86-4-clients is failing to compile, producing this output:
>
> slipstream# make install
> ===>  Building for XFree86-clients-4.3.0_3
> making all in lib/lbxutil/lbx_zlib...
> making all in lib/lbxutil/delta...
> making all in lib/lbxutil/image...
> making all in programs/appres...
> making all in programs/bdftopcf...
> rm -f bdftopcf
> cc -o bdftopcf -O -pipe -ansi -Dasm=__asm  -Wall -Wpointer-arith
> -Wundef     -L/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/exports/lib
> bdftopcf.o -lXfont -lfntstubs  -L/usr/X11R6/lib  -lz -lm
> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lXfont
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/programs/bdftopcf.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/programs.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients.
>
>
> This follows the first ports update on a new 4.8-release machine. The
> linker can't seem to find "Xfont".  Neither can I.
>
> I'd appreciate a point in the right direction. Thanks.

It was caused by you deleting an old version of -server. You have to 
reinstalled -libraries and everything will be ok.

Kent

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