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Re: question about installing libraries
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: question about installing libraries |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:06:54 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.11 |
Hi Harald,
* Harald Dunkel wrote on Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:43:53AM CEST:
>
> AFAICS libraries are installed using ${INSTALL_DATA}.
> Wouldn't it be more consequent to use ${INSTALL_PROGRAMS}
> here?
>
> Both libraries and programs is something that could be
> stripped, i.e. you could use 'install -s'. But defining
> INSTALL_DATA to use 'install -s' doesn't work, of course.
Stripping static libraries makes them unusable on many systems
(yes, I know about GNU strip's `--strip-unneeded').
For shared libraries, if you use `libtool', there is
INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG, and the `install-strip' target.
Cheers,
Ralf