Re: runtime problem with zsh on an sgi

[William Scott <wgscott@chemistry.ucsc.edu>]

Dear Peter, Oliver et al:

Thanks very much.

It turns out in both cases (version 4.1.1, which works, and 4.2, which 
has the problem) I am linking to libcurses.so.


For version 4.1.1 I have this:

% elfdump -Dl /usr/local/bin/zsh

/usr/local/bin/zsh:

                    **** MIPS LIBLIST INFORMATION ****
.liblist :
[INDEX] Timestamp               Checksum        Flags   Name            
Version
[1]     Apr 29 23:44:56 1998    0xd244571a      -----   libsocket.so    
sgi1.0
[2]     Apr 29 21:05:51 1998    0x65b9334f      -----   libdl.so        
sgi1.0
[3]     Aug  2 10:26:13 2002    0x64ff32c8      -----   libcurses.so    
sgi1.0
[4]     Aug  2 10:26:24 2002    0xa74005b5      -----   libm.so sgi1.0
[5]     Apr  4 11:20:43 2002    0xe5db3147      -----   libc.so.1       
sgi1.0
proudhon 3% which zsh
/usr/local/bin/zsh


For version 4.2, I have this:

% elfdump -Dl /usr/bin/zsh

/usr/bin/zsh:

                    **** MIPS LIBLIST INFORMATION ****
.liblist :
[INDEX] Timestamp               Checksum        Flags   Name            
Version
[1]     Apr 29 23:44:56 1998    0xd244571a      -----   libsocket.so    
sgi1.0
[2]     Apr 29 21:05:51 1998    0x65b9334f      -----   libdl.so        
sgi1.0
[3]     Aug  1 11:46:52 2002    0x64ff32c8      -----   libcurses.so    
sgi1.0
[4]     Aug  1 11:47:02 2002    0xa74005b5      -----   libm.so sgi1.0
[5]     Apr  4 11:20:43 2002    0xe5db3147      -----   libc.so.1       
sgi1.0


These are actually on two different machines, but normally both behave 
identically.


Also I noticed the version of zsh 4.2 on my Mac (which works as 
expected) compiles with ncurses.  Would that make a difference?  Should 
I try with termcap (I am not sure if SGI has these).



Thanks very much for your help.

Bill Scott






On Apr 15, 2004, at 8:37 AM, Oliver Kiddle wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>> If you want to investigate (and I may be barking up the wrong tree),
>> look inside the file config.status.  You should find a line containing
>> @LIBS@ which tells what libraries are being linked in (e.g. -lcurses 
>> or
>> -ltermcap).
>
> You might be able to use elfdump to see what libraries are linked in.
> If you've still got the old zsh around, that might be easier. The
> command is something like elfdump -Dl zsh, or maybe -DL. I don't have
> easy access to IRIX anymore so I'm going on memory. You may need to
> check the elfdump manpage.
>
> Oliver
>
>