On Thursday 15 September 2005 12:59 pm, Albert Chin wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:50:05PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 11:36 pm, Albert Chin wrote: > > > If gcc/ld was used to build the new 'file' program, they would > > > have the same error as that generated by libtool. Shouldn't > > > libtool then try to mimic this behavior, not "correct" it? > > > > not sure what you mean by this. the wrapped 'file' program > > (src/file) is a libtool script whose purpose is to make sure that > > you can execute the wrapped program until all dependent libraries > > are installed into the normal library search path. since libtool > > already goes to lengths to make sure that the wrapped program finds > > and uses the local build libraries (src/.libs/), why not this one > > more sanity check ? > > If the new 'file' program was installed, the user would have the same > problem. The wrapper script should simply run the program "as if" it > was installed.
if it were installed, it would be installed with both the new 'file' program and the new libmagic.so.1 and everything would work properly. -mike _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
