Roumen Petrov wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> *Your suggestion to use realpath instead of abspath >> requires magic or time-travel before it is even possible, which is why >> I will >> waste no time on it.* > > Reading all above seems to my you mix mail threads and/or lists.
Nonsense, I'm not engaged in conversation with you on any other list. This is the one and only "threads and/or lists" where someone is suggesting I try to use realpath on a directory before it is created; that requires time-travel or magic. > :) :) :) Dave, you even don't understand what is wrong. No, I haven't got the faintest idea what's wrong, but whatever your problem is, it can't be solved by computer code. >> Go and read up about how 'configure' works and what a "prefix" is. > > Please, countdown before to post (hint: manual is libtool) . Hint: libtool is one tiny part of a huge interlocking system. cheers, DaveK