Re: DESTDIR question

[Dan Kegel]

Ted Irons wrote:
> Doing 'make DESTDIR=/staging-area install' does not seem to be supported 
> by libtool (1.4d) when building a shared version of a library (eg,
> libDepends) which depends upon another one (eg, libBase) being built at
> the same time.
>
> The problem seems to be that libDepends is relinked
> at install time to ensure that it contains the correct hardcoded path to
> libBase.  At install time libtool, supposedly, knows the correct path to
> libBase.  The linker looks only at the final location, not 
> /staging-area, so the link fails.
>
> Is there a way to get around this?
> Does the CVS version of libtool fix this?

Ossama checked a patch in a few months ago that made
DESTDIR better supported.  I've used it with some success.
- Dan


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