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Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock

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On Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:17:10 +0000, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote in
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> Attention GNU/Linux advocates!  It's time to prove your stuff.
> 
> (What stuff?  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!)
> 
> There is a fantastic program called "sunclock" that seems to have fallen
> out of most distros.  The web site is here:
> 
> https://github.com/nongiach/Sunclock
> 
> The challenge is to compile this program from the source code.
> 
> It may help to use the Debian patches found here:
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/sunclock
> 
> Sunclock is a great program and it deserves to live and prosper. Yet it
> is built using the "antiquated" X11 utilities and thus may be endangered
> by the incursion of that foul junk Wayland.
> 
> But, regardless, let's see if you can build it.
> 
> I have succeeded.  Here an image as proof.  The time is now Mon Sep  1
> 09:09:51 AM EDT 2025:
> 
> https://i.postimg.cc/VfBtprFz/sunclock.png
> 
> This is for a 2K screen.
> 
> Note that the pacific coast is still in darkness but the whole of Europe
> is drenched in sunlight.
> 
> So c'mon, advocates.  Let's see you strut your stuff instead of flapping
> your lips.
> 
> (What stuff?  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!)

This is a head-scratcher.  Not because it's difficult, but
because you would think it is difficult.

Is this your first encounter with xmkmf?

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GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-09-01 13:17 +0000
  Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-01 14:37 +0000
    Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-09-01 14:50 +0000
      Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-01 14:55 +0000
        Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-09-01 15:11 +0000
          Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-01 21:48 +0000
    Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-09-01 20:36 +0000
      Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-01 22:49 +0000
        Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-09-02 00:56 +0000
          Re: GNU/Linux Challenge: Build Sunclock vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-02 01:06 +0000

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