Re: Using libtool together with the ${ORIGIN} soname variable

[r ve]

I'm really sorry but it seems I was a bit too sleepy last night when I wrote 
my original post. :(
This isn't about plugins, it's actually about a few helper libraries which 
are needed by the main program.
These libraries are not loaded by the program itself @ runtime, but rather 
by the dynamic library loader.

> This is a bad idea. Most likely, your program will end up in /usr/bin or
> /usr/local/bin, and you probably don't want your plugins to be in the
> $PATH. You really want .../lib/<package>/plugins, aka
> $(pkglibdir)/plugins . Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Well, the program used to be a win32-only program, so I would like to keep 
everything in place like it used to be, makes things a bit easier for me 
(and for the users as well, of which most will probably use the binary 
distribution to install the program).

Also, it will not get installed into /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.
/usr/bin/programname would be possible.. (yes, everything needed to run the 
program is inside that directory)
(note: /opt/programname will be the default location suggested by the 
installation program)

> The path should not be part of the soname. Actually, the soname is never
> used for plugins (it is taken as the name the executable wants to load
> at link time).

You're right, but since I wasn't talking about plugins (see above) the 
soname is actually used here.

Thanks,
Richard

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