> Was either GCC or binutils (whichever is appropriate) changed between > gcc-2.7.0-2 and gcc-2.7.2-1 or binutils-2.5.2l.20-2 and binutils-2.6-1 so > that it won't find ELF shared libraries with names like libX11.so.6.0, > only libraries with names like libX11.so?
Yes, ld (part of binutils) was changed. This was done to allow better control of which libraries were linked in. > If this is going to be a permanent change then I can probably hack the > Imakefiles to make extra lib*.so symlinks. Yes, this is permanent. You could also create them in the debian.rules file. BTW, the generic, Linux X libs were built with -rpath. Please do not do this for Debian. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081