Re: Compiling ORBit is fun, isn't it?
- From: Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>
- To: gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Compiling ORBit is fun, isn't it?
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:48:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Todd Larason wrote:
> On 981021, Elliot Lee wrote:
> > >why do the tests require static linking - can't we make them work with
> > >shared libraries as well?
> >
> > They will use previously installed shared libraries instead of the
> > newly-compiled shared libraries, if you link dynamically.
>
> Isn't this what the libtool 'execute' mode is for. Does it not work
> on some systems?
The rpath specified by libtool at --link time overrides the stuff that
libtool tries to do at --execute time to get the program to use the
uninstalled versions.
-- Elliot
"In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man
versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire."
- Steven Spielberg
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