solution for SunView crash and disappearing windows syndrome

[David L. Kensiski 929-8844]

For those of you who have had SunView dropping windows and dumping core
all over your filesystem, we found a solution.  The program crashes
because of a bug in the "new for SunOS 4.0" shared libraries.  The fix is
to recompile SunView without shared libraries.

The SunView source can be found on your 4.0 distribution tapes, but you
probably didn't install it with the rest of the OS.  It should be in the
file named "SunView_Programmers".  Consult your "Software READ THIS FIRST"
for SunOS Release 4.0 to determine where it is for your particular
distribution and media.

Once you have found the right tar file on the tape, extract the following
files:

	suntools.c
	suntools_menu.c

You will need to recompile them with the following set of commands.
(Alternatively, you could extract the Makefile from the tape and modify it
to use the proper switches.)

	cc -c -Bstatic -DSTANDALONE suntools.c
	cc -c -Bstatic -DSTANDALONE suntools_menu.c
	cc -o sunview -Bstatic suntools.o suntools_menu.o \
		-lm -lsuntool -lsunwindow -lpixrect

This will make a new copy of SunView that does not use the shared library
feature of SunOS 4.0.  Simply replace /usr/bin/sunview with this newly
compiled version, and SunView should run without crashing.

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