[cairo] Building Cairo on RH 7.3

[Travis Griggs]

On Dec 19, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Robert Love wrote:

> I want to build Gtk+2 for a very old RH linux 7.3.  I can't update  
> the base system and don't have root access. I'm trying to do  
> everything in $HOME.  Only Cairo won't build.  All the other  
> dependencies for Gtk+ have been built successfully.
>
> I've tried 1.4.12, 1.2.2.  1.2.6 and 1.5.4.  All fail to build out  
> of the box.  Each version has different problems. I'm about to pull  
> out my remaining hair. The version of  GCC is 2.8.1
>
> First, does anyone know if Cairo has been built for RH 7.3?  Is this  
> the right place to go for help?
>
> All insight appreciated.

I tried this a couple weeks ago. Same situation as you. I'm seriously  
hoping you have success. Please keep the list informed (or at least  
me). I did have to download and install an updated version of pkgconfig.

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Travis Griggs
Objologist
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