Re: GNU gettext 0.12 doesn't compile with objdir

[Bruno Haible]

F. Meunier writes:
> What I did:

> Then I did a make -j4 CFLAGS=-O2 CXXFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS=-s
> DESTDIR=/root/install install as root.

This explains it. So when libgettextsrc was installed, the only
libgettextlib in /usr/lib was the old one. And when msgfmt was
installed, the only libgettextsrc in /usr/lib was the old one.
Apparently libtool and/or the linker prefers the old library in the
right location to the new library under $DESTDIR.

It's hard to tell whether this is a bug in libtool or not.

Summary: Using DESTDIR can be more fragile than you think.

> What I notice are the various
> 
> : warning: `libgettextsrc.la' has not been installed in `/usr/lib'
> : warning: `/home/fredlwm/tmp/objdir/gettext-tools/lib/libgettextlib.la' has 
> not been installed in `/usr/lib'

These occur regularly when DESTDIR is used.

Bruno