Re: A minor libtool problem

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Peter,

* Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 11:47:31AM CEST:
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >* Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 05:05:43PM CEST:
> >>
> >>When building packages using libtool there frequently are (lots of) 
> >>warnings such as (edited to avoid overlong lines):

> >The problem with fixing this is that the warning is trivial albeit a bit
> >runtime-expensive to fix, ...........
> >
> >.........  So no, I don't think it is
> >a good idea to apply this patch.

> OK, I see. In the case I mentioned above, I'm almost certain the
> non-canonical paths originate from gcc (gcc --print-xxx).
> 
> Maybe gcc could be taught not to produce these (but who is going to
> convince the gcc people?).

Not the only solution either.  I'd like to support relocatable installs
(e.g., Solaris $ORIGIN support) and similar; however, I simply don't
know yet how that can be achieved without falling into all kinds of
subtle traps.

Cheers,
Ralf