have a compile problem

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Keith Antoine wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:13, Net Llama! wrote:
> r
> > I've built just about all of that stuff without too much grief.  So, odds
> > are your system is putting libraries in very non-standard locations that
> > the RPMs aren't finding.  So, let's take this one package at a time
> > (avifile, mjpegtools etc).  Provide the errors that you're seeing, and we
> > can work from there.
>
> Ok thats fine, many thanks. The problem with this too is that I have also
> managed to build them in the past, but not now. The system I am using is
> Caldera 3.1.1 and that in the past was the most likely of all the distros to
> compile without problems.

That hasn't been my experience.  Caldera has always been the one that has
given me the most problems.  If you're looking for a distro that makes it
easiest to build stuff (in terms of finding all the deps), then Redhat
wins hands down.

> Its early morning now, and I have to go out so I will post the problems with
> avilfile as a starter later today. I'll also set a background as to what I as
> backup and restore of work done.

OK, that's fine.  Remember, i'm on the left coast, so i've still got a
good 4-5 hours left in me before i pass out  :)

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