Re: emacs 21.3 wants "libXaw3d.so.5"; got Xaw3d-1.5.tar.gz; NOW WHAT?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Where did the "libXaw3d.so.5" come from you think ?

> I downloaded it -- having gotten the error message saying
> it was missing, I went to google and searched for it,
> found it, and downloaded it.  That's where it came from.

You misunderstood.  My question was `where does the string "libXaw3d.so.5"
come from', given the fact that Emacs does not have the ".5" part anywhere
in its code.

> And, here's a search through all the file-names
> that existed a few days ago (before that download)
> on my computer and all its disks:
[...]
> /opt/sfw/lib/libXaw3d.so.5

Is gnu.emacs.help really the best way to do a `grep' ?


        Stefan