[Xastir] CoverSplit symbol issue with rtree in Fedora 7 ... may have found the bug

[Tom Russo]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 09:07:25AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 08:40:09AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <r.polivka at sbcglobal.net> flavor, containing:
> >  I need this confirmed.
> > 
> >  I did a Fedora 7 install on BigBox. Brought in the requisite routines to 
> >  work with 1.9.1.
> > 
> >  configure / make / crash on CoverSplit issue.
> > 
> >  Found "-Lrtree -lrtree" in command line that cause the crash.
> > 
> >  Edited out "-lrtree" in configure file.
> 
> You should never need to edit the configure file.  You can disable rtree
> with the "--without-rtree".  Editing out the link should cause problems,
> because WITH_RTREE would still be defined.
> 
> I still don't understand the reported link failure when rtree is enabled
> on this (and only this) system.

Ok, I just reread your post.  The presence of -lrtree in the configure file
is not the bug, as that is needed when rtree is enabled.  The bug is obscure
and is platform specific.  Your approach is just to try to disable rtree by
editing configure, but that is not the correct approach --- to get xastir to 
compile on F7 until we figure out why the link is failing should just require 
that you configure with "--without-rtree", and someday one hopes there some 
extra hours when someone can figure out what the obscure link error actually 
means so that this work-around isn't necessary.

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