Re: Problem with -R and external libraries

[Todd Gamblin]

Ralf,

Did you happen to get a chance to look at this?

Thanks!
-Todd

On Oct 11, 2009, at 4:13 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> * Todd Gamblin wrote on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 09:40:37PM CEST:
> > I'm having trouble getting -R to work as advertised.  From the
> > libtool docs:
> >
> > > -R libdir
> > > If output-file is a program, add libdir to its run-time path. If
> > > output-file is a library, add -Rlibdir to its dependency_libs, so
> > > that, whenever the library is linked into a program, libdir will
> > > be added to its run-time path.
> >
> > However, when I link libraries that were built with -R into
> > executables, it doesn't look like rpath is getting set properly.
>
> This kooks like a Libtool bug to me.  Especially looking at the output
> of
>  make check-local \
>       TESTSUITEFLAGS='-k "Runpath in libtool library files" -v -d -x'
>
> I vaguely remember being there before; possibly the obvious fix caused
> some other problems, need to look.
>
> Thanks,
> Ralf