Re: build configuration help

[NightStrike]

On 4/3/08, Bob Rossi <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 08:36:44AM -0600, John Calcote wrote:
> > Bob,
> >> On linux, there is no such guarentee. So, I have come up with 2
> >> solutions, and wonder if someone else has a better idea, or prefers one
> >> over the others.
> >>
> >>   - Modify the automake to build the program as foo-bin, instead of foo
> >>     on unix platforms. Then, install a script called foo, that sets the
> >>     LD_LIBRARY_PATH and invokes foo-bin.
> >>     This approach seems like a lot of modification to the autotools in
> >>     order to get the tool to build with both static and dynamic version
> >>     of wxwidgets.
> >>
> >>   - Modify foo to know if it is using a shared wxwidgets library, and
> >>     dlopen it if it is. I haven't tested this yet, and don't even know
> >>     if it will work.
> > I recommend you put the library in the bin directory on mingw and in the
> > lib directory on other platforms. This is proper for both systems. What it
> > requires is an conditional section in your Makefile.am, checking for mingw
> > platform. The variable can be setup in your configure.ac script, and
> > exported using AM_CONDITIONAL.
>
> If I put it in the lib directory on other platforms, on startup, how
> will the binary know where to find the .so? That's why I was asking
> about LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and creating a script....

If it's in the lib directory on non-unix systems, I don't think you
need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Similarly, if it's in the bin directory
on Windows, you're ok, too.