Re: why relink on successive "make install"?

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday 15 December 2009 15:52:39 Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Tom Vaughan wrote:
> > I have a pretty vanilla shared library on the latest Ubuntu Karmic
> > Koala that is built with autoconf, automake, and libtool. I've noticed
> > that if I "make install" I always see "libtool: install: warning:
> > relinking `librestest.la'" even when I know nothing has changed. Why?
> 
> One purpose for re-linking is to make sure that the installed library
> depends on installed libraries of the correct version rather than some
> library in a build tree, or an older version of an installed library.
> Another purpose can be to formally register the library with the
> system so that it will be used.

could ELF rpath DT's also be a factor ?
-mike

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