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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: libtool, -rpath into libs
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-11 7:30:27
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Michael Matz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> before digging deeply into libtool I wanted to ask the list if somebody
> knows a solution:
> 
> I want to build the modules (essentialy shared libs, like kio_xxx.so) with
> hardcoded paths to shared libs they depend on. With libtool this is
> normaly possible (in a more or less portable way) with '-rpath <dir>'. Now
> this only works if libtool is trying to link a program. If one links a
> library (consequently also when linking shared modules), it refuses with
> 'link: warning: ignoring multiple `-rpath's for a libtool library'
> 
> If I hack a little bit around (and set hardcode_into_libs to 'all' (it was
> 'yes')) it actually tries to include the paths (in fact they are in
> .libs/module.so). But when installing this stuff, the 'libtool
> --mode=install' pass tries to relink the modules and barfs about not
> finding 'deplibs'.
> 
> If nobody has any idea, I guess I have to beat on libtool a little bit.
> 
This is not portable and this is also the reason why libtool doesn't
support it. 

Greetings, Stephan

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