256269 – Link from /usr/X11 to /usr may be needed for correct include paths

Bug 256269 - Link from /usr/X11 to /usr may be needed for correct include paths

Summary: Link from /usr/X11 to /usr may be needed for correct include paths

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor
Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers

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Reported:	2009-01-25 02:04 UTC by Joe Sapp (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-01-25 18:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Joe Sapp (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-25 02:04:48 UTC

Symbolic link from /usr/X11 to /usr may be needed so some programs compile correctly.  It only looks to me like dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix needs it (see bug #147422, bug #151093, bug #206180), but I'm not sure this isn't a larger, modular X issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix

Actual Results:  
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_NO_TZ config/tod.c
Test Compiling -DTIMEOFDAY_DOTS config/tod.c
Problem gettimeofday()
Using -L/usr/lib64 to find /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
Cannot find X include files via /include
Cannot find X include files anywhere at ./myConfig line 315.
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 19.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 23.
 *
 * ERROR: dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix-1.2.3 failed.


Expected Results:  
Compile begins.

`ln -s /usr /usr/X11` seems to fix it.

Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-25 18:16:19 UTC

Absolutely not. It took years to clean up the mess that /usr/X11R6 was. We won't be creating that nightmare again.

dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix should look for X includes in /usr/include/X11 like everybody else or - better yet - use pkgconfig to find the correct headers and libraries.

Sorry :)