Re: Building on Solaris?

[jlim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Lim)]

On Thu Aug 17 12:55:34 2000, dzurenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hm.  Since libFL.a is a requisite, am I wasting my time trying
> to compile this release of Open Inventor on Solaris??
> 
> Obviously, Open Inventer exists on Solaris.  We have used
> TGS's implementation here.  How did they get around libFL.a?
> Did they write their own?
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
> -Steve

I've made a version of libFL.a compiled for SunOS 5.8 available at the FTP
download area under the name libFL_sparc.tar.gz.

The long-term solution is to replace libFL with some other library, e.g.
FreeType. When that happens, libFL will probably be removed from the
distribution.


              Jonathan Lim  _  Silicon Graphics  _  Mountain View
              GPS Graphics     Computer Systems        CA, USA