>>>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:32:56 -0500, Dan Langille said: > > Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>>> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:45:43 -0500, Dan Langille said: > >> Folks, > >> > >> I am finding that the location of the executable binary varies from one > >> system to another. I am trying to find out why. The answer will help > >> to improve the build and install process. > >> > >> Sometimes the binary is at: > >> > >> src/qt-console/bat > >> > >> If not there, it is at: > >> > >> src/qt-console/.libs/bat > >> > >> Within a given system, the location is always consistent. It is one of > >> the above. Why the location varies, I do not know. > > > > The .libs directory is the default location when building with libtool (for > > Bacula shared libraries). > > This is interesting. Please, can you elaborate?
The libtool utility is a wrapper around compiling/linking/install to deal with portability for shared library naming. In the build tree, it puts all shared libraries and executables into subdirectories which are called .libs by default. It also creates a shell script for each executable, which sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH appropriately to make it work in the build tree. Note that this is only in the build tree. During "make install", it installs the real libraries and binaries. My guess is that that some are not being linked with shared libraries for some reason, so Bacula is not using libtool and the real executable is built in src/qt-console/bat. It isn't clear to me why the location of the binaries matters, unless the Makefile is broken. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
