Re: [sr #107416] relink with a DESTDIR install mistakenly links against old installed libraries rather than those in DESTDIR

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: [sr #107416] relink with a DESTDIR install mistakenly...:

> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, Tim Mooney wrote:
> > This issue affects all versions of libtool from 2.2.10 going back to the
> > initial versions that added support for DESTDIR installs.
>
> This does not seem to be a libtool bug:
>
> % grep DESTDIR libtool
> %
>
> Since libtool does not handle DESTDIR, then it must be the
> responsibility of a higher-level, such as the makefile.  If you are
> using Automake, maybe there is a deficiency in your project's
> Makefile.am, or even Automake itself.  There is a known Automake bug in
> that libraries need to be listed in a particular order so that old
> installed libraries won't be used by mistake.

Take a look at a few of the mailing list threads I quoted, especially
the one from Charles Wilson.  Then check out the -inst-prefix-dir code
in libtool.  This is where the DESTDIR support is.

Tim
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