Bug#580372: libbsd0: Makefile needs a small fix?

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 10:59:25 +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> And when you're at it, I dare to have one more wish :)
> 
> I'm cross-building libbsd for an embedded system, and I need the
> symlink to _not_ point to the host installed lib, but to the
> cross-built one (inside the installed directory tree).  I hacked the
> Makefile to do it:
> 
> -       ln -sf $(libdir)/$(LIB_SHARED) $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/$(LIB_SHARED_SO)
> +       ln -sf ../..$(libdir)/$(LIB_SHARED) $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/$(LIB_SHARED_SO)
> 
> but I'm convinced there's a better (although more intricate) way to do
> it.

The problem with this patch is that it assumes the relationship
between libdir and usrlibdir is fixed and there's always going to be
two directories below.

The question though, is why do you need this at all? I assume you are
placing the files on a different path from the intended on the target?
This is problematic, and you'll probably find that all other packages
which have the shared library in /lib but the .so symlink in /usr/lib
(as it should be) fail in your case.

regards,
guillem