Why relink the library during make install?

[Paul Lew]

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this.

I have a problem build and install gettext-1.11.3.  In our environment
the build prefix specified with the configure phase is different than
the prefix specified in the make install.

We have another process which will setup the symbolic links *after*
make install so for the users the application can be accessed from the
prefix as defined in the configure phase.

We have been using this method for years until recently we noticed
that the make install process will attempt to relink the program with
the prefix for installation.  This is not a desired behavior for us,
in other words, the make install is a bit too smart in this case.

Attached is the excerpt of the difference.  Is there a way to achieve
what I wanted? i.e., tell make to install in a different directory and
not trying to recompile.

Thanks.

> configure --prefix=/auto/insbu-cnstools

> make
...
/usr/ccs/bin/ld -G -z defs -h libgettextlib-0.11.3.so -o
.libs/libgettextlib-0.11.3.so argmatch.lo backupfile.lo addext.lo
basename.lo c-ctype.lo copy-file.lo error.lo execute.lo findprog.lo
fstrcmp.lo full-write.lo gcd.lo getopt.lo getopt1.lo hash.lo
javacomp.lo javaexec.lo linebreak.lo localcharset.lo mbswidth.lo
obstack.lo concatpath.lo pipe-bidi.lo pipe-in.lo pipe-out.lo
progname.lo safe-read.lo sh-quote.lo stpncpy.lo strtoul.lo tmpdir.lo
wait-process.lo xerror.lo xmalloc.lo xstrdup.lo xsetenv.lo stpcpy.lo
vasprintf.lo getline.lo mkdtemp.lo setenv.lo unsetenv.lo
-R/auto/insbu-cnstools/build/gettext-0.11.3/intl/.libs
-R/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib -R/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib
-L/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib ../intl/.libs/libintl.so
/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib/libiconv.so -lc -lc
...

> make install
  prefix=/auto/insbu-cnstools/kit/gettext-0.11.3/auto/insbu-cnstools
...
/usr/ccs/bin/ld -G -z defs -h libgettextlib-0.11.3.so -o
.libs/libgettextlib-0.11.3.so argmatch.lo backupfile.lo addext.lo
basename.lo c-ctype.lo copy-file.lo error.lo execute.lo findprog.lo
fstrcmp.lo full-write.lo gcd.lo getopt.lo getopt1.lo hash.lo
javacomp.lo javaexec.lo linebreak.lo localcharset.lo mbswidth.lo
obstack.lo concatpath.lo pipe-bidi.lo pipe-in.lo pipe-out.lo
progname.lo safe-read.lo sh-quote.lo stpncpy.lo strtoul.lo tmpdir.lo
wait-process.lo xerror.lo xmalloc.lo xstrdup.lo xsetenv.lo stpcpy.lo
vasprintf.lo getline.lo mkdtemp.lo setenv.lo unsetenv.lo
-R/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib -L/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib
-L/auto/insbu-cnstools/kit/gettext-0.11.3/auto/insbu-cnstools/lib
-lintl -liconv -liconv -lc -lc