Re: [hylafax-users] 4.1.8 compile problem - tifflib version -- solved by iFAX!

[Pedro Rocadas <procadas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, a good post for hylafax's new Wiki page ;-)
Wiki to the power!(private joke)

--- Adrian Newby <anewby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ron,
> 
> Congratulations on solving your problem and good to
> hear that iFax is a
> worthy supplement to HylaFAX.
> 
> Since it¹s germane to the subject, I thought I¹d
> refer you to this
> interesting article that I ran across when I was
> troubleshooting similar
> issues, (also on Solaris).  It¹s a pretty good
> discussion on LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> with examples of appropriate and inappropriate
> usage.
> 
> http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html
> 
> After reading the article, I discontinued my
> practice of routinely extending
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH and moved towards using crle to
> manage link-time paths.
> e.g. I stopped this:
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mynewapp/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> 
> and started doing this:
> 
> crle ­u ­l /mynewapp/lib
> 
> My environment is now a little more manageable and
> controllable.  I suspect,
> after reading this article, you may be able to
> identify some of the reasons
> you were experiencing difficulties.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrian Newby
> 
> 
> Message from "Ron" <listread@xxxxxxx> , received on
> 3/30/04 4:38 AM:
> 
> > Pedro,
> > 
> > My apologies to you and a couple of others who
> were kind enough to try to help
> > me solve the tifflib problem - I misspoke when I
> said "no one dared to tackle
> > this problem".  
> > 
> > I did not mean to impugn the helpfulness of the
> list members, instead, I was
> > trying to complement iFAX.  It turned out to be a
> tough problem and iFAX
> > really had to work for their fee with this one,
> expending much more effort
> > than could be expected for a list member to
> donate.
> > 
> > FYI:  The solution had to do (mostly) with the
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
> > variable.  Over the last decade or so this Solaris
> system has been up, several
> > applications required an extensive set of paths.
> Eliminating the path did
> > allow HylaFAX to compile, but GS wouldn't run
> properly.  When we simply
> > defined LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib  all worked
> fine.   (NOTE:  I had been
> > using the correct version of libtiff.)
> > 
> > Again, sorry if I offended anyone.
> > 
> > - Ron
> > 
> > Pedro Rocadas wrote:
> >>  
> >> --- Ron <listread@xxxxxxx>
> <mailto:listread@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >>   
> >>  
> >>>  
> >>> Although no one on the list dared to tackle this
> >>> problem, we did solve
> >>> it with the help of    iFAX's    consulting
> service.
> >>> 
> >>> They were prompt and professional - and got the
> job
> >>> done!
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>  
> >> 
> >> Well, I guess they have the time to answer you.
> You
> >> can't expect help as granted since most of the
> people
> >> here have to spent their personal time to give
> >> answers.But, why, you may think, nobody answer
> you? I
> >> can give you an example. I posted last week a
> question
> >> about fax resolution that if I searched in the
> >> documentation(I rememebered that later), wouldn't
> be
> >> necessary bother anyone (thanks Darren). So,
> about
> >> your question, I presume that you had installed a
> >> libtiff that's incompatible with 4.1.8, according
> with
> >> what the message points. If you searched in the
> >> mailling list, this question was made before, and
> the
> >> answer was: downgrade. It's not a matter of not
> answer
> >> your question, the thing is, it didn't happen.
> >> Best regards.
> >> 
> >>   
> >>  
> >>>  
> >>> - Ron
> >>> 
> >>> Ron wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> We have installed libtiff version 3.6.1 and are
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> trying to compile
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> HylaFAX 4.1.8 and get the following error:
> >>>> 
> >>>> ... checking TIFF library version
> >>>> ld.so.1: ./a.out: fatal: relocation error: file
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> ./a.out: symbol
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> TIFFGetVersion: referenced symbol not found
> >>>>  Found tiffio.h version 0
> >>>>  Found libtiff version
> >>>> 
> >>>> Incompatible TIFF Library.
> >>>> 
> >>>> HylaFAX 4.1.8 requires TIFF software
> distribution
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> ver 3.4, 3.5, or
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> 3.6.  If you do not have up to date TIFF
> software
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> on your system then
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> you can retrieve it from the location where you
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> obtained this software.
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> Again, the tiff software IS installed.  Has
> anyone
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> seen this problem?
> >>>     
> >>>  
> >>>>  
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> 
> >>>> - Ron
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing
> >>>>       
> >>>>  
> >>>  
> >>> List 
> >>>     
> 
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