Re: build configuration help

[John Calcote]

Andreas,

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> John Calcote <address@hidden> writes:
> > The way you implement this is to use $(prefix)/lib, or $(libdir) in your
> > -R option, which will resolve to the configured library installation
> > directory - /home/bob/foo/lib. When you use -R like this, however, just
> > realize that this binary can only be installed on this one non-standard
> > location (it can still be installed in standard locations).
> >     
>
> You can use -R '$ORIGIN/../lib' to make the binary relocatable.
Thanks! You've cleared up a question I've had for years on the meaning 
of $ORIGIN.

John