On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 12:50:38PM +0000, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Harlan Stenn wrote: > | Does somebody have an autoconf macro to handle adding -R/path/ stuff when > | libraries are found? > | > | It would be nice if it also had the ability to handle cross compiling. > | > | This came up for ntp - if the shared library of libcrypto is found the > | -L flag is set, but no -R flag is set. > | > | I suspect other folks have had to deal with this... > > AC_LIBTOOL_PROG_LD_SHLIBS sets hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, > hardcode_libdir_flag_spec_ld and hardcode_libdir_separator. Currently this > macro isn't designed to run outside AC_PROG_LIBTOOL and has some implicit > dependencies on other macros in libtool.m4 that we haven't analysed yet. > With > a little cleanup it shouldn't be difficult to pull it out into a separate > file, along with the macros it really needs, so that aclocal can do the > right > thing. > > Patches greatfully accepted. If libtool was used rather than the compiler *during* ./configure you wouldn't have to worry about -R. However, you might find this useful: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2002-05/msg00124.html It was mentioned recently on this list. -- albert chin (china@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
