Configure error? vim wouldn't build without linking x11

[Joel Thibault (MacPorts)]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Rainer Müller raimue-at-macports.org
|MacPorts| <5m2vjqstp00t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Joel Thibault (MacPorts) wrote:
>> It appears that either configure is not detecting my system properly
>> or vim depends on X and is not looking for it.
>>
>> When I tried to upgrade vim, the linker kept failing with this error.
>> /usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: Undefined symbols:
>> __Xsetlocale
>>
>> Adding -lX11 to the linker command line enabled it to build and now I
>> have the new vim.
>>
>> Maybe there should be a no_x11 variant, too?
>
> vim should not require X11 with the default variants, as the Portfile
> explicitely configures using --without-x. Only if you chose one of the
> GUI variants +athena, +gtk2, +gtk1, +motif it will require X11.
>
>> OS X Tiger 10.4.11
>> Macports Trunk
>>
>> I saved the output from port -d upgrade -cuv vim, but I didn't want to
>> paste 1452 lines :)  Would any of that be useful?
>> Joel
>
> Might be helpful to see why X11 support was enabled although it is
> disabled. Could you also provide config.log from the work directory?
> Best would be to open a ticket in Trac[1] and attach it there.
>
> Rainer
>
> [1] http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
>

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/17606


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Joel Thibault [AIM: Jole Tebo]
Software Engineer in Boston