Re: [libtool] make install fails after an incremental build after a prefix change?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, Kees-Jan Dijkzeul wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On my buildserver, I'd like to do something along the lines of
>
> # build 1
> ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/opt/1 && make && make install
> # build 2 (incrementally)
> ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/opt/2 && make && make install
>
> The second make install fails for some libraries, with the message
> libtool: install: error: cannot install `<libname.la>' to a directory
> not ending in ${HOME}/opt/1
>
> Apparently, libname.la needs to be rebuilt after the prefix changed,
> but automake didn't generate the rules to do so.
>
> Any tips? Is this at all possible?

Try adding 'make clean' to your build steps.

The best thing to do is to build outside of the source tree and use a 
separate build directory for each configure incantation.

Bob
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