Original bug ID: 4446
Reporter: @avsm
Assigned to: ertai
Status: closed (set by @xavierleroy on 2010-04-29T12:26:13Z)
Resolution: fixed
Priority: normal
Severity: minor
Version: 3.10.0
Fixed in version: 3.10+dev
Category: -for Caml light use https://github.com/camllight/camllight/issues

Bug description

The shared libraries on MacOS X end in .dylib, which is not detected correctly by the configure script and so X11 support isnt compiled in. Minor patch below sorts it out:

--- configure.orig 2007-11-11 18:43:26.000000000 +0000
+++ configure 2007-11-11 18:43:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@
if test -f $dir/libX11.a ||
test -f $dir/libX11.so ||
test -f $dir/libX11.dll.a || \

• test -f $dir/libX11.dylib || \
  test -f $dir/libX11.sa; then
  

  if test $dir = /usr/lib; then
  x11_link="-lX11"