On 09.07.19 23:30, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 09.07.19 21:48, Gaius Mulley wrote:
>> Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> writes:
>>
>>>> - libpth.{a,so} is installed in the system libdir, which
>>>> conflicts with the installation of the libpth packages
>>>> on most distros.
>>>
>>> found out that a system provided libpth can be used. Otoh if you build the
>>> in-tree libpth, it shouldn't be installed, but built as a convenience
>>> library,
>>> like libgo using libffi, or libgphobos using zlib.
>>
>> Hi Matthias,
>>
>> as far as I know Redhat doesn't support libpth-dev - therefore it was
>> decided to include libpth in the gm2 tree and autodetect build/install
>> it as necessary.
>
> That's ok, but then please don't install it as a system library. that's what
> convenience libraries are for (a libpth.a built with -fPIC, which you can link
> against).
I still think installing libpth is wrong, however currently all multilib
variants install into $libdir, and not into the system multilib dir, e.g. lib64,
lib32, ... So the last multilib wins, and you end up with the wrong arch in
your $libdir.
Matthias
