Re: Cygwin, wrong DLLs used for tests

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bob,

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 04:55:42AM CET:
> In case it has been forgotten,

Hmm.  I don't remember a prior bug report to this end.

> with libtool 2.2.6b (and libtool
> HEAD), and for software built under Cygwin, 'make check' does not
> use the DLLs just built in the tree.  Even after installation and
> with the installation bin directory first in the executable search
> PATH, 'make check' does not use the new DLLs.  Instead, 'make check'
> uses similar DLLs from Cygwin's /lib directory.  Even Cygwin's
> altered libtool behaves similarly.

Is this about tests in the Libtool package itself, or about packages
using libtool?

> I am not sure how to solve the problem since it may be an artifact
> of Windows behavior.

Well, usually, uninstalled programs get shell or C wrappers which modify
$PATH to point to uninstalled libraries.

Please show us how to reproduce this bug.

Thanks,
Ralf