#540: installed versions of dynext/*.so still link to -lparrot in build
directory
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Reporter: doughera | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: install | Version:
Severity: medium | Keywords:
Lang: | Patch:
Platform: |
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Comment(by doughera):
Replying to [comment:1 heidnes]:
> Briefly summarized: libparrot_ldflags in the config points to the build
directory.
I'm not sure if that's really a problem or not, since that variable isn't
documented anywhere. However, it looks to me as if it's intended only to
be used during the build process. The relevant variable for installed
versions (also not documented anywhere) appears to be
inst_libparrot_ldflags.
> Additionally, on Solaris, RPATH in the installed binaries also point
into the build
> directory, while it should point to the installed directory for the
libraries.
Actually, what the report says is:
> In addition under Solaris, the variable "rpath_blib" references the
build directory as well, similar to libparrot_ldflags
This is definitely not a problem. The variable rpath_blib is actually
documented to be relevant only for the build directory:
{{{
# Set -rpath (or equivalent) for executables to find the
# shared libparrot in the build directory.
}}}
So it retains a record of the build directory, but that's not important.
It is not intended to be used in any way.
A related problem is that so many of these variables are undocumented, and
what little documentation there is sprinkled throughout parrot's config/
directory doesn't get collected or installed anywhere. So someone working
with an installed parrot has no easy way to determine whether such
references are important or harmless.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/540#comment:2>
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