Re: [OT] libtool .la files have absolute path's in them

[Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>]

Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org>:
> I don't think most of the -L arguments need to be in dependency_libs 
> anyway--not in the installed version, anyway.  Most of them are either
> paths that are implicit anyway (-L/usr/lib) or ones that were only
> used during the build.
> 
> Obscene path of the day:
> 
> /usr/lib/libbfd.la:dependency_libs='
> -L/src/binutils/2.11.92.0.12.3-5/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3/build-tree/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3/builddir-single/libiberty/pic
> -liberty'

It's a known libtool bug.  Currently there's no way to tell libtool which
-L options are "transient".


Phil

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