Libtool and Support for Shared Libraries (3)

Greg Banks gnb at fastmail.fm
Sat Jun 2 10:47:11 EDT 2012



On Fri, Jun 1, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)
wrote:
> On 2012-05-31 18:25, Дилян Палаузов wrote:
> > - "make install DISTDIR=" causes warnings from libtool, that state,
> > that the libraries are not installed on the place they are intended 
> > to
> > be installed (as configured) and the executables are not going to 
> > work
> > (as they will not be able to find the libraries under the DESTDIR=
> > root). This warning gives right information, on the other side Greg
> > says, that the "make install DISTDIR=" is a normal process that shall
> > not lead to warnings.  I asked at libtool-bug at gnu.org , but I if they
> > do not answer, I can't say anything more about this.
> >
> 
> Is the "typo" DISTDIR/DESTDIR deliberate or accidental? My world uses 
> DESTDIR, for the record.

Everybody here means DESTDIR, the other one is a typo (it doesn't even
appear in the Makefile so it would have no effect at all).

-- 
Greg.


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