Re: linking source dir .la's links in build system libraries

[Ed Swierk]

Hello,

I've encountered a problem using libtool 1.5.22 to cross-compile on an
x86 glibc Linux system, targeting an x86 uClibc Linux system. The
build system's /usr/lib is incorrectly getting added to the search
path during the relink stage. This problem was described back in
January on this list:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2006-01/msg00002.html

The problem is triggered in the code just past the "We cannot seem to
hardcode it, guess we'll fake it." comment. -L/usr/lib is added to the
search path if the libdir of one of its dependent libraries is
/usr/lib. It seems wrong to search the libdir in a cross-compile
environment where libraries are built in one directory, installed into
another (inst_prefix_dir/libdir), and are finally copied to libdir by
some mechanism external to libtool.

I'm currently working around this problem by manually setting
hardcode_automatic=yes in my libtool script, which avoids this code.
Is there a better workaround, or has the problem been solved in some
other way?

Thanks,
--Ed