Copying from a libtool .libs directory isn't always the best idea.
I have run across cases where libtool leaves references to your
workspace (or relatve paths) in your files RPATH and RUNPATH.
This appears to be to allow you to run the package in place. If you
"make install DESTDIR=xxx"
"libtool --mode=install ..." will be used to relink without these references
prior to installing in DESTDIR. If you are going to use the package's
install target, you need to make sure that it honor's DESTDIR and works
properly. If it doesn't, those changes need to make their way back
upstream.
-Norm
Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
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> install-libxml2, install-libxml2-64: now these are really weird things,
> in my opinion. Instead of running "make install DESTDIR=foo", SFW uses
> custom scripts that copy the files from the source tree to the
> "proto area"[3], listing each file, setting the permissions, copying
> libs from libtool's .libs (temporary) directory. Not very nice, to say
> the least.
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