I remember reading, maybe on the lesstif web site, that lesstif now uses
different lib naming conventions so it can co-exist with motif.

On Sat, 10 May 1997, Maarten Boekhold wrote:

> > 1. what's the dirty way to modify the config files so debian thinks
> > lesstif is installed?
> 
> I don't think that this will work. lesstif isn't binary compatible with
> motif AFAIK, only source-level. So to use programs linked against lesstif,
> you will need lesstif, and not motif (ofcourse you could recompile
> yourself...).
> 
> If this is not correct, by all means say so. I don't use any of
> motif/lesstif myself :)
>  
> > On a side note, motif apps really ought to "require" a motif package, and
> > lesstiff should "provide" motif, as opposed to packages directly requiring
> > lesstif.
> 
> Maarten
> 
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