Re: install .so library on aix

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* address@hidden wrote on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:23:54PM CET:
> Hi,
> I manage to build .so shared library on aix using libtool.  But I have 
> problem 
> with installing it using gmake install. Libtool install two files.
> One is .a and second is .la(wich is actualy the libtool script).  I try to 
> use 
> 1.5.24 and daily snapshot from 2.1a branch. Both version has the same 
> behavior.  

And the .a file is actually an archive containing a shared library!
This is how AIX traditionally names its libraries, at least the ones
that are not runtimelinked.

> I understand that AIX do not like .so library but  is there any way to 
> install .so library using libtool and gmake install

If you want runtimelinking (more similar to ELF), build your package
with
  ./configure LDFLAGS=-Wl,-brtl

and libtool will do what you want.  Note runtimelinking carries a
certain performance overhead (dunno how large that typically is).

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ralf