Hello make developers, can anyone please comment whether this is considered a bug or not? Did the problem become clear?
Best regards, Tobias On 07/24/2013 11:22 AM, Tobias Preclik wrote: > URL: > <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39560> > > Summary: directory search order for link libraries > Project: make > Submitted by: macin > Submitted on: Wed 24 Jul 2013 09:22:07 AM GMT > Severity: 3 - Normal > Item Group: Bug > Status: None > Privacy: Public > Assigned to: None > Open/Closed: Open > Discussion Lock: Any > Component Version: 3.82 > Operating System: None > Fixed Release: None > Triage Status: None > > _______________________________________________________ > > Details: > > Consider the following Makefile: > > # --- >8 --- > > vpath lib%.a /tmp/boosttmp/ > vpath lib%.so /tmp/boosttmp/ > > a: -lm -lboost_system > @echo target a: $^ > > b: -lboost_system -lm > @echo target b: $^ > > # --- >8 --- > > Note that /tmp/boosttmp/ as well as some system library path must contain > libboost_system.so to reproduce the bug. From my understanding make will > search the vpath first and then the system directories. Now consider the > following executions of make: > > $ make a > target a: /usr/lib64/libm.so /usr/lib64/libboost_system.so > $ make b > target b: /tmp/boosttmp/libboost_system.a /usr/lib64/libm.so > $ make a b > target a: /usr/lib64/libm.so /usr/lib64/libboost_system.so > target b: /usr/lib64/libboost_system.so /usr/lib64/libm.so > $ make b a > target b: /tmp/boosttmp/libboost_system.a /usr/lib64/libm.so > target a: /usr/lib64/libm.so /tmp/boosttmp/libboost_system.a > > "make a" and "make a b" find the libboost_system libray in the system > directories but "make b" and "make b a" in the vpath directory. Note also that > the expansion of target a and b is inconsistent in the different executions. > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Reply to this item at: > > <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39560> > > _______________________________________________ > Message sent via/by Savannah > http://savannah.gnu.org/ > _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
