xv in debian

[David A. Bandel]

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:33:58 -0500
Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

[snip]
> I got the source code and tried to compile that but:
> 
> 1. Got errors in the tif files. I commented them out in the make file.
> Before that I tried CC = gcc -ansi -traditional, but
> gcc doesn't list either of those options with gcc --help.
> 
> 2. Then, got a whole bunch of missing X11 files.
> 
[snip]
> 
> I can't find them so I gave up on trying to compile xv.
> 
> Well, at least xv seems to be working, which is the point of the
> exercise.

xv has about 11 or so patches you need to apply to get it to compile on
a recent system.  I agree about xv being absolutely necessary on any
system running X.  I've been using it for going on 15 years now.  Won't
do without it.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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