On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 10:30:24AM +0200, A. van Werven wrote:
> I guess Fvwm was initially meant for Linux in the first place, so it
> shouldn't be too difficult building it on a Linux box.
Actually, it predates Linux (or at least 'modern' Linux). It builds well
on Linux because people that had problems submitted patches to make it
work that got integrated into the code.
> But on some other systems (ever tried HP-UX ?) it can be quite a bit more
> difficult. You really have to modify the makefiles and even some header files
> to get it working. Then I haven't even mentioned the fact that on the
> HP-UX boxes over here, quite a few C libraries are missing :-(
> And I can hardly imagine how one can modify C header
> files or C makefiles without knowing about C, thus not knowing what you're
> doing.
Then when you fix things to make it work, Submit The Changes.
> But again, if Fvwm compiles on Linux as easily as you say, my statement
> doesn't apply to Linux.
It builds as well as most X programs. 'xmkmf -a;make;make install;make
install.man'.
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Received on Wed Apr 08 1998 - 09:50:14 BST