Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 222766
DevIL needs link with allegro
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:53 EST
Description of problem: the bug: gcc -g -O2 -o nehe-6 `sdl-config --libs` -lGL -lGLU -lalleg_unsharable image.o nehe.o nehe-6.o -lIL -lILUT /usr/lib/liballeg.so.4.2: undefined reference to `_poly_zbuf_atex_mask_trans15' ... anyway i don't use allegro, i only wan't to use DevIL, and the need to link with a library that i don't use is not good for me. Maybe if DevIL uses pkg-config, should resolve this bug? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): latest How reproducible: trying to program with DevIL, trying to link with DevIL Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: linkage failure Expected results: to work fine Additional info: maybe the command from gcc is incomple, pkg-config would do it well
DevIL is intentionally not linked with liballeg_unsharable because the resultant library is not PIC compliant. This causes problems for SELinux. This means when linking you'll need to add `allegro-config --libs` to the linking line, or similar. If this is not appropriate for you, you'll have to explain in more detail why.
No, that's all. Thank you. Maybe DevIL should include a pkg-config file for this issues.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll consider using pkg-config but I'll need to look in more detail before making a decision :). For the moment, I'll close this bug. Thanks.