Subject: Re: libtool question...
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Nick Hudson <skrll@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/22/2001 16:01:16
Nick Hudson wrote:
> 
> Todd Vierling wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Todd Vierling wrote:
> >
> > : :     [lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic \/lib[^\/]+\.so\(\.[0-9]+\)*$']
> >
> > : The ones I gave are very strict about the file extension, as they match
> > : files the same way the linker does when searching for -l libraries.
> >
> 
> Oh yeah, I got the links and real library the wrong way round. What was
> I thinking!

Actually no I didn't. I'm confusing myself...

The real library is always the one with ${maj}.${min}[.${teeny}]
appended. libtool follows links and so your ELF pattern won't match.

Are we heading towards a lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='match_pattern ...'
option for libtool?

Nick
-- 
aka skrll@netbsd.org, skrll@excite.co.uk