Hello Jeff, * Jeff Blaine wrote on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 04:17:07PM CEST: > Okay, I've run into this enough that it's taken its toll > on me and I must know the proper modern way to handle this.
Hmm. This sounds like it used to work before and we broke something. Is it what you are implying? > For years and years, the following worked fine for any > GNU app using autoconf: > > ./configure --prefix=/my/final/destination > make > make install prefix=/my/to-be-released/destination Not with Libtool-using packages, at least not bug-free, as far as I remember. make install DESTDIR=/my/staging/directory works to install your stuff temporarily into /my/staging/directory/my/final/destination from where it can be moved to /my/final/destination and, after a libtool --mode=finish /my/final/destination/lib libraries should be useable. There are issues in current libtool that prevent this from working properly in _some_ cases when you try to link against third-party libraries that currently are visible below /my/staging/directory/my/final/destination but are to finally appear at /my/final/destination/ See some other discussion on this list just this week. > It has often not worked when involving libtool over the > last year or two and it's driving me nuts. Can someone > PUHLEEEEZE tell me the right way to do this? Well, I'm really sorry you've had so much trouble, and I can only ask to report issues earlier. If you think there is a regression involved then please point me to a package where this should have worked. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool