linking problem with glut

[Andre Bleau <andre dot bleau at courriel dot polymtl dot ca>]

I have problems linking programs with the glut library that is distribured 
with Xfree (/usr/X11R6/static-lib/libglut.a).

1. This library is masked by the one included in the cygwin distribution 
(/usr/lib/libglut.a), which I had to rename to oldlibglut.a for having g++ 
to search /usr/X11R6/static-lib/libglut.a (with -L/usr/X11R6/static-lib 
-lglut). No big deal.

2. This library lacks several functions: glutBitmapWidth, glutGetModifiers, 
glutSetCursor, glutBitmapHelvetica12, to name a few.

3. Linking against /usr/lib/libglut.a instead doesn't seems to work. It 
produces a long list of undefined symbols (almost all glut functions). I 
checked it with the nm utility; it says /usr/lib/libglut.a is supposed to 
contain the missing definitions, but ld can't resolve them.

So, does anybody has compiled a more recent version of the glut library ?


André Bleau, ing., analyste
email: bleau at courriel dot polymtl dot ca
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Département de génie électrique et         Electric Engineering and
de génie informatique                      Computer Engineering department
École Polytechnique de Montréal            Montreal Polytechnic School