Re: Code from installed libtexinfo.so.0 run for non-installed texi2any

[Gavin Smith]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 05:16:44PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 04, 2023 at 10:58:35PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > 
> > Bingo.  /usr/local/lib/libtexinfo.so.0 is being run.  It shouldn't even
> > be installed directly in /usr/local/lib.
> 
> I could not find a way to make the libtexinfo and libtexinfoxs libraries
> 'internal' only.  Maybe use noinst_LTLIBRARIES?  I can't remember if I
> tried and it did not work or if I did not understand how to do it.  Also
> it would be good if the -version-info could be removed but I think that
> it is needed if the library is not fully internal.

We have a similar situation for TextXS.la, where we delete the installed
library in install-data-hook.  noinst_LTLIBRARIES didn't work because
of a design decision/bug of libtool.


> Maybe one day libtexinfo could be a public library, but not for now
> and libtexinfoxs should probably never ever be a public library.

I agree neither of them should be a public library now.