> > AFAIK they are not intended to be installed as compiled code at all. > You are supposed to bundle them, or otherwise compile them from sources > along with your project. > > You are correct, apparently they changed their stance on this some time ago as you can read here:
https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/FAQ.md#why-is-it-not-recommended-to-install-a-pre-compiled-copy-of-google-test-for-example-into-usrlocal They also no longer support the autotools scripts that are provided with the source code as you can read in the README: https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md#legacy-build-scripts There are quite some packages depending on them so they can't just be last-rited. Maybe the best solution is to leave them in their current form (perhaps update the SRC_URI) and not accepting package updates to 1.8, instead asking upstream packages that depend on them to include them in their source distribution. br, Mathy
