Re: mac install question

[Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Page wrote:

> The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine these 
> paths at install time using otool and rewrite them from the staging 
> paths on the build machine to whatever directory the user chose to 
> install to using install_name_tool(1).

Yep, the mac linker seems to default to absolute rpath linking, which I 
personally find *really* frustrating.

> The other option would be to rewrite the paths to be relative at build 
> time I guess.

That's the approach most Mac apps take, and is supported by the @ 
relative path syntax in install_name_tool.

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Craig Ringer