Re: [PATCH+Assign request][cygwin|mingw] Control where win32 DLLs get installed.

[Charles Wilson]

Dave Korn wrote:
>   Well, I did really want to make it a test of nothing other than the -bindir
> functionality, in fact it's more or less just a test of the corner cases for
> func_relative_path!  Using -rpath seems to work as far as supplying an input
> value for $install_libdir and that's all I really want to achieve here: set
> $install_libdir and $bindir and make sure that chunk of code DTRT.  I think
> it'll be OK, won't it, even if it is a bit unusual?

After looking at the code flow in libtool more closely, it appears that
you are correct.  All you really care about here is that install_libdir
is set to something "odd" compared to -bindir's argument, and -rpath
does that.  And your way, the tests are MUCH faster.

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Chuck