./configure reports glut missing instead of libxmu

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./configure reports glut missing instead of libxmu

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If you have the glut dev files installed but not the libxmu dev/header files, ./configure will complain that it can't find glut.

Obviously a bit confusing for people compiling for the first time...

I would provide a patch if the build system wasn't a complete black hole and makefiles weren't gibberish to me.
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Post by ace123 »

Unfortunately that's the same reason that this error message hasn't been fixed yet.
The autoconf scripts are pretty much black holes, just because there are so many layers of autogeneration: autoconf-> automake-> etc etc-> ./configure-> shellscript-> ./config.status-> make

However I will add a message if glut fails to also check that libxmu-devel is installed.
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Post by charlieg »

ace123 wrote:However I will add a message if glut fails to also check that libxmu-devel is installed.
That should do it - the important thing is to give useful feedback. Remember to mention both libxmu-dev and libxmu-headers.
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