rand@HWCAE.CFSAT.HONEYWELL.COM (03/22/91)
I just installed the X11R4 server from HP/Apollo and recompiled GWM
for R4. One small problem: HP neglected to include the include files
with the server. ("Include the include files"? Sounds korny.)
So, the compile failed with the un-defined symbol: PBaseSize, and
couldn't find the include file shape.h. My solution was to modify
gwm.h to undefine SHAPE and define NOBASEDIMS. Things seem to be
working, but I wanted to ask how dangerous this is.
Any comments?
PS: To HP/Apollo: Why did you release such a limited R4? No clients,
no include files, no documentation, and I can't get the hot switch to
work.
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UUCP: ...!uunet!asuvax!apciphx!hwcae!randcolas@AVAHI.INRIA.FR (Colas Nahaboo) (03/25/91)
> So, the compile failed with the un-defined symbol: PBaseSize, and > couldn't find the include file shape.h. My solution was to modify > gwm.h to undefine SHAPE and define NOBASEDIMS. Things seem to be > working, but I wanted to ask how dangerous this is. > > Any comments? you should have done -DX11R3, which is really your situation: you still have R3 includes. In fact what you have done is what does defining -DX11R3, so all should be fine. PS: you can grab the R4 distrib by ftp on expo. > PS: To HP/Apollo: Why did you release such a limited R4? All constructors do the same. Here we only keep the server when we get new stations (mips, sony, dec, sun...) and recompile a "true" X11R4 and do not bother with the braindamaged constructor distrib. Seems that people are not content just distributing compiled binaries, they want to add bugs too :-) Colas Nahaboo, colas@sa.inria.fr, Bull Research, Koala Project, GWM X11 WM Phone:(33) 93.65.77.70(.66 Fax), INRIA, B.P.109 - 06561 Valbonne Cedex, FRANCE.