small things

git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_1_6@3623 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2002-03-01  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
+
+	* config/lyxinclude.m4 (LYX_PROG_CXX): use -dumpversion to get gcc
+	version. 
+
+	* README: mention that ghostscript 6.53 does not cause problems
+	with LyX.
+
+2002-02-18  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
+
+	* configure.in: do not check for libpt library anymore.
+
 2002-01-17  Sergey Vlasov  <vsu@mivlgu.murom.ru>
 
 	* src/insets/insettext.C (LocalDispatch): fix insertion of some

README

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ What do I need to run LyX?
 	Optionally ghostscript and ghostview (or compatible)
 		- note that ghostscript versions 6.22 through 6.52
 		  won't render inline figures in LyX. This is due to
-		  a ghostscript bug.
+		  a ghostscript bug. Ghostscript 6.53 or 7.x work fine.
 	Perl5.002 or later to import LaTeX files into LyX
 
 What's new?

config/lyxinclude.m4

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ dnl normal versions of a library), tasteless as that idea is.
   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
   CXXFLAGS=
 dnl Check the version of g++
-  gxx_version=`${CXX} --version`
+  gxx_version=`${CXX} -dumpversion || echo unknown`
   
   AC_PROG_CXX_G
   if test "$ac_test_CXXFLAGS" = set; then

configure.in

@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ LYX_WITH_SIGC
 CHECK_WITH_PSPELL
 
 ### Check for X libraries
-# Check for the pt library (for SCO, needed for X)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(pt,ptsname,X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lpt $X_EXTRA_LIBS")
 # The real thing.
 AC_PATH_XTRA
 LIBS="$X_PRE_LIBS $LIBS $X_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"