On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:31:26 -0800, JR (Jonathan) wrote: > A build is failing with the error cannot find <library> for libraries > that are, in fact present on the system. They aren't. The "test bed" is invalid. Linker option -lwhatever needs expects to find a libwhatever.so file or symlink. Those are provided by the respective -devel packages. > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Nov 9 18:28 libICE.so -> libICE.so.6.3.0* > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Nov 9 08:02 libICE.so.6 -> libICE.so.6.3.0* > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 98328 Jun 21 09:37 libICE.so.6.3.0* Here, libICE.so is present. > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Nov 9 08:14 libgd.so.2 -> libgd.so.2.0.0* > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 278048 Oct 26 20:15 libgd.so.2.0.0* Here, libgd.so is not present. > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgd -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org