>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Ryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:50:57PM +1100, Brian May wrote: >
>> Oh, another observation: installing the libraries in their
>> non-final > location (as required for Debian packaging tools,
>> probably Redhat too) > simply does not work, as shown below. I
>> think some of the required -L > options to the linker might be
>> missing. > > <snipped of failed relink>
Kevin> Some Debian libtool packages (eg. libgtk1.2) seem to get
Kevin> away with
Kevin> ./configure --prefix=/usr
Kevin> but then overriding that for the install
Kevin> make prefix=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr install
No - that is what causes this problem. Libraries get installed in
`pwd`/debian/tmp, not /usr, where the linker (during "make install")
can't find them.
(Ok, I may have messed up my example :-(, but the same thing happens,
I tried it too).
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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