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Re: Problems using libtool



On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ganesan R wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 01:59:18PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > Apparently the .la file must be installed using libtool, but the manpage
> > is rather incomplete about what happens when you supply --mode=install
> > option. libtool --help is a bit more help, but what it says isn't what
> > happens. The implication of the help is that what follows the mode option
> > is either the word install or cp and that all that follows is passed as
> > options to that command. Apparently libtool does more than that. When I
> > try to use it in the rules file I get:
> > 
> > install -m 644 ./.libs/libgmp.a debian/tmp/usr/lib/.
> > libtool --mode=install \
> >    install -m 644 ./.libs/libgmp.la `pwd`/debian/tmp/usr/lib/.
> > install -m 644 ./.libs/.libs/libgmp.so.3.1.1
> > /home/dwarf/build/libgmp3-3.1.1/debian/tmp/usr/lib/./libgmp.so.3.1.1
> > install: cannot stat `./.libs/.libs/libgmp.so.3.1.1': No such file or
> > directory
> > make: *** [binary] Error 1
> > 
> > 
> > The first three lines are directly from my rules file.
> 
> That's your problem. You are depending on libtool internals which is sure to
> cause you grief. 

So, besides the source, where are these "internals" documented?

> Just use libtool --mode=install with libgmp.la in the
> top-level directory (not the one in .libs). This will install the .la file,
> .so files as well as the .a. You can then move the .a, .la and the .so
> symlink to then -dev package. HTH.

Is this the way the tool is supposed to be used?

Why is libtool trying to install the .so file when I only asked for the
.la file to be installed? (This is probably down in those internals ;-)

It appears that if I specify ./libgmp.la in the install line,
./.lib/libgmp.so.3.1.1 will be "installed" which is not desired, but I can
ignore that file for the package. I've never used this tool before and the
behavior is fairly undeciferable...

I'll give your suggestion a try and see if I can make more headway.

Thanks,

Dwarf
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