Library dependencies must be enabled / uncommented on a need basis (alpha patch and themed cursor patch), ref. #5

config.mk

@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
 
 PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
 
+# Uncomment this for the alpha patch / ALPHA_PATCH
+#XRENDER = -lXrender
+
+# Uncomment this for the themed cursor patch / THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+#XCURSOR = -lXcursor
+
 # includes and libs
 INCS = -I$(X11INC) \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags fontconfig` \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags freetype2`
-LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft -lXrender -lXcursor\
+LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft ${XRENDER} ${XCURSOR}\
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fontconfig` \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2`
 

patches.def.h

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #define ALPHA_PATCH 0
 
 /* This patch allows st to reize to any pixel size rather than snapping to character width/height.
+ * You need to uncomment the corresponding line in config.mk to use the -lXrender library
+ * when including this patch.
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/anysize/
  */
 #define ANYSIZE_PATCH 0
@@ -189,6 +191,8 @@
 #define SPOILER_PATCH 0
 
 /* Instead of a default X cursor, use the xterm cursor from your cursor theme.
+ * You need to uncomment the corresponding line in config.mk to use the -lXcursor library
+ * when including this patch.
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/themed_cursor/
  */
 #define THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH 0