--- go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11/17/05, go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The configure command in the book is > > > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib > > > > so the libraries will go to /lib unless you > used > > a > > > > different command. > > > > > > I used this command, and I get a message to tell > > me > > > that libraries *.a where not in /lib. Seem that > > > --libdir concerns only shared libraries. But I > > must do > > > the test again with the package. > > > > I'm not on my LFS box right now, but when I > > configure readline here > > with that line, it comes out right. In > Makefile.in, > > it says it > > installs libreadline.a and libhistory.a to > > $(libdir): > > $(INSTALL_DATA) libreadline.a > > $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a > > > > And $(libdir) is set by --libdir=. I just checked > > and it did it. I > > got all the libraries in $(DESTDIR)/lib. Maybe > you > > didn't set > > --libdir to what you thought you did. Take a look > > at Makefile after > > you've configured. > > > > I'm not on LFS now, but I will do the test this > afternoon (I'm not in USA ;-)). > I agree with the extract of Makefile, but I thought > that $(DESTDIR) was /usr, which is given to > --prefix. > But I must look again the Makefile for that. > I'll tell you after that. >
Tested, and you're right. libXXX.a are really installed first in libdir, not in prefix/libdir. I don't know what I've done the first time (in fact, two times; it was the reason of my post). Thanks for your answer, and excuse me for the disagreement. G. Moko __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
