Re: GNUstep Build Guide and other documents

[Dennis Leeuw]

Jeff Teunissen wrote:
> 
> Richard Stonehouse wrote:
> 
> > Hello Dennis,
> >
> > > > Checking the version numbers of installed software, I couldn't get
> > > > some of the more complex tests to work (the ones that do "strings
> > > > `gcc --print-file-name=...").
> > >
> > > What is the problem? Doesn't the Red Hat compiler return the right
> > > files when doing gcc --print-file-name=...
> > > Or are there problems in getting the version-numbers from the
> > > libraries...?
> >
> > Taking the command verbatim from the build guide:
> >
> >     $ strings `gcc --print-file-name=libgmp.so` | grep -e
> > \^[[:digit:]].[[:digit:]].[[:digit:]]$
> >
> > I get:
> >
> >     strings: libgmp.so: No such file or directory
> >
> > But if I do:
> >
> >     $ locate libgmp.so
> >
> > I get:
> >
> >     /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3.3.0
> >     /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3
> 
> But no libgmp.so file. You have the shared library, but don't seem to have
> the -devel package installed (which provides the .so symlink)


Bummer...! Sure that probably is it!!! Thanks Jeff...
Boy I hate that split between lib and lib-dev stuff. It fools me
everytime.
I will make a note that you always need the lib-dev stuff too.

Dennis

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