On 22/feb/2013, at 16:59, Tomas Hajny <xhaj...@hajny.biz> wrote: > On Fri, February 22, 2013 16:33, Vittorio Giovara wrote: > > > Hi, > >> yes I was talking about linux. I didn't include much information because I >> didn't want to confuse people with details. >> >> In this branch of Hedgewars >> https://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/list?name=physfslayer we are >> using physfs library version 2.1.0. >> However many people out there have version 2.0.3 installed and (of course) >> it doesn't contain many of the APIs present in 2.1.0. >> So when libphysfs is not found (or an old one is detected) we provide a >> copy of the right physfs and have CMake (our build system) compile and >> install it. However even if I hardcode the right path of the right library >> of the right version, the installed system library takes precedence, and >> thus if another version of physfs is installed, hedgewars doesn't link any >> more. >> >> I would refrain from using a different library name; looking at the >> generated link.res file it seems that the first lib search path is >> /urs/lib >> and /lib and the custom one (where the right libphysfs resides) is found >> only later on. Is there a way to prevent this? I tried to play with the >> -Xd >> flag but the result didn't change. > > I don't know enough about the library path setting (I leave commenting on > this to others). However, if you require a specific version number of a > library (and even distribute that version with your code), explicitly > linking to that library version seems to be the appropriate solution from > my point of view. Another option may be linking the respective library >
As mentioned, I've been doing only static builds so far. Plus I passed the linker (with -k) the full path of the library it should link, but the system one is somehow always dragged in and linked before my command takes effect. Vittorio _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
