[lazarus] Problem linking

[Peter Vreman]

At 23:02 12-5-99 , you wrote:
>So is it the thought that the problem is in gtk (C version) not the gtk 
>(.pp) version?
>In other words, I should go to www.gtk.org and download gtk+-1.2.1 and 
>glib-1.2.1 and reinstall them?

No, just commit the 1.2.x lazarus code in the CVS and i'll take a look at 
the problems


> >>> "Michael A. Hess" <mhess at miraclec.com> 05/12 3:48 PM >>>
>Shane Miller wrote:
> >
> > OK, here's the problem.
> > I've updated my ppc386 to today's snapshot, I've pulled glib and gtk
> > 1.2.3 and updated fcl (make'd and installed) and I've updated gtk
> > (make and install) and when I converted the lazarus code to 1.2.1
> > code, it compiles, but can't link.
>
>OK here is what I just did about 15 minutes ago.
>
>1. I updated /fpc/fcl from CVS
>
>2. I deleted my /fpc/gtk directory and checkout new files for /fpc/gtk
>    from CVS. Then I recompiled using the linux snapshot from today.
>
>3. Update my lazarus from CVS. It didn't compile since I assume CVS
>    hasn't been updated with the converted lazarus code.
>
>4. Downloaded the lazarus.zip file from the lazarus web page.
>
>5. Compile lazarus with the latest snapshot.
>
>6. Ran lazarus and it blows up when trying to open a file. Stuff to be
>    expected.   :-)
>
>So the only thing different I have from you is that I am using the 1.2
>library of gtk and not the 1.2.3.
>
>In any case for all who cares I did all of this using the makefile and
>new makefile.fpc. It compiled and built everything without having to
>install anything to different directories and what not.
>
>All I did was type make in each of the appropriate directories. The only
>catch was the for some reason it attempts to link graphics.o twice. I
>had to edited link.res to remove that.
The name of the unit is wrong. Graphicss was used, i thought i had fixed 
that already. This is a compatibility with tp7 to also search for only the 
first 8 chars of a filename