File `-lselinux' does not exist.

[Dan Nicholson]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Justin P.
Mattock<justinmattock at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Dan Nicholson<dbn.lists at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Justin Mattock<justinmattock at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been racking my brain on this for a few days
>>>> without any results.
>>>> I can compile the xserver normally, but as seen as I enable
>>>> selinux I get an error during compilation time.
>>>>
>>>> make -d shows this:
>>>>
>>>> No need to remake target `../../xkb/libxkb.la'.
>>>>    Considering target file `-lselinux'.
>>>>     File `-lselinux' does not exist.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try commenting the automake rule for libxorg_la_DEPENDENCIES in
>>> hw/xfree86/Makefile.am. The problem is that libxorg_la_DEPENDENCIES is
>>> defined as libxorg_la_LIBADD, which (rightly) includes -lselinux.
>>> However, DEPENDENCIES are used as make prerequisites, so make will try
>>> to find a file named "-lselinux". DEPENDENCIES and LIBADD need to be
>>> untangled so that external libraries don't appear as make prereqs.
>>>
>>
>> Try this (untested) patch.
>>
>> --
>> Dan
>>
>
> Thanks you very much for the info,
> and patch.
>
> I cleaned out the xserver(distclean) then
> applied your patch.
> unfortunately I'm still hitting this
> same error.
>
> I can go and try looking at the Makefile to see,
> if this approach works.

You'd have to rebuild the Makefile.in first. Just run "autreconf -iv"
and continue as usual.

--
Dan