[Slackbuilds-users] libcap build fails

[Robby Workman]

Robert W. Wendel wrote:
>   I had a problem with libcap 2.11 for 12.1 not compiling.
>   As strang as it may seem,  I compiled/installed libcap 1.97 for 12.0 
> .  After doing that, then libcap 2.11 for 12.1 compiled successfully.  
> Removed 1.97 and installed 2.11.  Tested the library and 2.11 works ok.


Interesting...  Surely the newer libcap doesn't depend on itself already
being installed in order to build.  Perhaps something went wrong in the
build...  :/

-RW