Re: rpath problems

[Werner LEMBERG]

Thanks for answering.

> > I've sent the mail below to the bug-libtool list, without any
> > reply.  So I send it again, this time to the libtool list.
> 
> It is not really necessary to configure the '--libs' options in the
> configure script since the foo-config script can obtain these by
> parsing the installed libfoo.la file at run-time.

Do you have sample code from a package to do that?

> > > Assume that a library is built with --enable-shared, and that
> > > libtool isn't used for linking later on.  Today it is common
> > > that a library `foo' provide its own `foo-config' script to get
> > > the necessary compilation and linking flags right.
> 
> It is rare that foo-config scripts get "compilation and linking
> flags right" since they make gross assumptions in a very naive way
> which are likely to cause problems.  Mixing circles and squares
> together in a big pot doesn't result in a pot of octagons.

Any alternative?


    Werner