Solaris 9 compile problem

[James Tappin]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:12:52 -0700
<Jason.Wagner at nokia.com> wrote:

JWC> > There is a "setenv()" function call in xftree/xtree.c. 
JWC> > "setenv()" does not exist
JWC> > on solaris; it uses putenv, which has different parameters. 
JWC> > The quick and dirty
JWC> > fix is to comment out or remove the line containing "setenv()" in
JWC> > xftree/xtree.c.
JWC> > The problem with this fix is that xftree won't accept the 
JWC> > --display flag.
JWC> > 
JWC> > This is a bug in xftree, but I think it has been already
JWC> > reported.
JWC> 
JWC> Thank you Stephane.  That is what I had read in previous posts but
JWC> you clarified the finer points.
JWC> 
JWC> Does this mean that I am dead in the water until there is a xftree
JWC> fix, or can I get away with not specifying the --display flag?

The current CVS should work (IIRC, there are reasonable instructions for
downloading CVS) provided you have autoconf and automake installed on
your system.

James

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