gnomedb, libgda, gal: can't find libg*12 but have libg*-12

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:30:14 -0600, Chris Shenton <chris at shenton.org>  
wrote:

> I'm rebuilding my ports after the recent libtool15 change.  Ports
> gnomedb, libgda, and gal aren't building because the linker can't find
> the right libraries.  According to the Makefile's, it's looking for
> libraries like:
>
>  -lgdk12
>  -lglib12
>  -lgmodule12
>  -lgthread12
>  -lgtk12
>
> These libraries do exist but are named like:
>
>  libgdk-12.so
>  libglib-12.so
>  libgmodule-12.so
>  libgthread-12.so
>  libgtk-12.so
>
> I started manually editing the generated work/*/Makefiles but it's
> tedious and unreliable.  I'm too ignorant to know where the port is
> finding these bogus library names.
>
> Interestingly, some of the Makefiles specify both the *12 as well as
> the *-12 names of the libraries:
>
>   cc -shared ...
>   -lgthread12 ...
>   -lgtk12 -lgdk12 -lgmodule12 -lglib12 ...
>   -lgtk-12 -lgdk-12 -lgmodule-12 -lglib-12 ...
>   .libs/libgnomedb.so.0
>   /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgthread12
>   gmake[2]: *** [libgnomedb.la] Error 1
>   gmake[2]: Leaving directory
>   `/usr/local/ports/databases/gnomedb/work/gnome-db-0.2.96/lib'
>
> So it seems there may be some stale gnome (?) library config
> informatino which the ports are pcking up.
>
> Any suggestions what I need to fix or clean up?

How did you upgrade? Using portupgrade? If yes, then what flag(s) did you  
use?

Cheers,
Mezz

> Thanks.


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