Error compiling XFree86-4-clients

[Kent Stewart]

On Thursday 13 May 2004 11:34 am, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can't compile XFree86-4-clients. Here is what is given back:
>
> cc -o bdftopcf -O -pipe -ansi -Dasm=__asm \
>    -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wundef \
>    -L/home/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 /home/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/programs/bdftopcf.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/programs.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /home/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients.
>
> Any idea what I can do?

Yes, you need to reinstall -libraries. You have missed the transition 
from Xfonts being in -server to -libraries and when you updated -sever 
it deleted Xfonts.

Kent

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