>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Bob> libraries are installed in the same order as specified by Bob> lib_LTLIBRARIES. If the ordering of lib_LTLIBRARIES does Bob> not jive with the library dependency order, then libtool Bob> fails to re-link the library because some libraries it Bob> depends are not installed yet. Even worse, it may appear Bob> that installation is successful, but some of the libraries Bob> are accidentally linked with older versions of the Bob> libraries which were already installed. Bob> It seems to me that Automake should compute an optimum library Bob> installation order based on the specified libtool library (.la) Bob> dependencies. This would help ensure that installation errors do not Bob> occur due to some hap-hazard lib_LTLIBRARIES list order (e.g. they Bob> could be in alphabetical order). It's not clear to me how circular dependencies would be handled. Also, I don't know how this order can be computed when all these libraries are built into many directories. Another idea is to split the installation procedure in two steps: copy all libraries, and once it is done relink all libraries. Would that work? If so, we need a way to tell libtool to copy libraries without relinking. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
