rdesktop fails to compile

[zach@…]

I've just tried to install rdesktop using this command:

% sudo port install rdesktop

Then, I get this:

--->  Building rdesktop with target rdesktop
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_rdesktop/work/rdesktop-1.5.0" && make rdesktop " returned error 2
[...]
gcc -O2 -Wall -I/usr/include  -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"rdesktop\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"rdesktop\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"1.5.0\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"rdesktop\ 1.5.0\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DL_ENDIAN=1 -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_FILIO_H=1 -DHAVE_LOCALE_H=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO_H=1 -Dssldir=\"/usr\" -DEGD_SOCKET=\"/var/run/egd-pool\" -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DHAVE_DECL_DIRFD=1 -DHAVE_ICONV_H=1 -DHAVE_ICONV=1 -DICONV_CONST=const -DHAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H=1 -DSTAT_STATVFS=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STATVFS_F_NAMEMAX=1  -DKEYMAP_PATH=\"/opt/local/share/rdesktop/keymaps/\" -o rdesktop rdesktop.o xwin.o xkeymap.o ewmhints.o xclip.o cliprdr.o  tcp.o iso.o mcs.o secure.o licence.o rdp.o orders.o bitmap.o cache.o rdp5.o channels.o rdpdr.o serial.o printer.o disk.o parallel.o printercache.o mppc.o pstcache.o lspci.o seamless.o -L/opt/local/lib  -L/usr/lib -lcrypto -liconv   -lX11
/usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lX11

But X11 is definitely there. I have installed X11 from the CD, and the lib is there, too:

% locate X11.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.9.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib
/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib

Best regards, Gabriel.

[zach@…]

PS: My system is Mac OS X 10.4.10 and MacPorts version 1.520

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Cc'ing maintainers.

[cshbell@…]

I can't confirm this bug; I'm building under 10.5.1 with Xcode 3, and the build runs fine. Off the top of my head, I'm guessing that the compiler can't find the X11 library, even though it's on the machine; try symlinking it to /usr/lib (sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib /usr/lib) and run it again. Post back here with what you get.

[zach@…]

Well, the symlink makes it compile fine, of course.

The question is: whose bug is it? Is my setup buggy, or is the macports' build system missing a library path?

Regards, Gabriel.

[cshbell@…]

I'm pretty confident that it's something in your setup. I've built this port (rdesktop) on a number of systems and versions of OS X and never seen that library problem, nor have we had it reported here before. Sorry :-(

I'm marking this closed.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Resolving WFM as per comment:5.

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