"Maciej W. Rozycki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 25 May 2001, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>
> > > Ah yes, I understand. Due to SSL shared libs being placed in weird
> > > places, they cannot always be located by the dynamic linker.
> >
> > Even worse -- the dynamic linker doesn't find them even when they're
> > in the *standard* (default) places such as /usr/local/lib.
>
> It isn't a standard place, unfortunately, at least according to the
> SVR4 ABI, which ELF dynamic linkers usually conform to.
That's why I put "default" in parentheses. The word "standard" has
many meanings, only one of them being "conforming to a written
standard."
> Since after studying the script I see that the AC_TRY_RUN test is just a
> yes/no choice, this [ignoring AC_TRY_RUN if linking works] is
> actually the approach I've taken
Also note that in the meantime I tried to implement the same thing.
> I'm wondering if the RPATH test is needed at all. Libtool knows how to
> hardcode paths into libraries for a number of operating systems and
> presents a consistent interface. Couldn't we use it?
Libtool knows how to link the library, but it cannot tell you how it
works its magic. That's a major fault in libtool, and since I was
forced to implement the "magic detection" for configure anyway, I'm
wondering why we're still using libtool at all.
I am not taking out Libtool yet out of courtesy to Dan (who is
currently too busy to participate), but I'm seriously considering it.
> Here are two patches I created working on wget over the weekend. I have
> a few others available, as well: a libtool 1.4 update and fixes for
> autoconf 2.50. I think the libtool update is worth considering now (1.3.5
> has a few nasty cross-compiling bugs) and autoconf fixes would be a
> post-1.7 item. Do you want to see these changes as well?
Definitely. I think we should stick to the libtool we have becaus,e
as I said above, I'm seriously considering replacing it.
The Autoconf 2.50 stuff is probably more appropriate for 1.8.
> 2001-05-28 Maciej W. Rozycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> * configure.in: Don't fail the runtime linking test when
> cross-compiling.
This does not apply cleanly because I changed the code in the
meantime. Could you check whether my changes work for you?
> * configure.in: Use $host_os and not $opsys to denote the host OS.
I'll apply this; thanks.
