Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Build problem (from SVN)

[matt . nottingham]

Eric Blossom writes:
 > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 08:38:16PM +0100, address@hidden wrote:
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Just to confirm that a new checkout and configure did not help.
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Any other suggestions?
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Thanks,
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Matt
 > >  > 
 > >  > Try adding /usr/local/lib64 to ld.so.conf in addition to
 > >  > /usr/local/lib, then run ldconfig.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Eric
 > > 
 > > Eric,
 > > 
 > > OK, I tried that - but I still get the same error message. I don't
 > > understand why this should work - no libraries have been installed to
 > > /usr/local yet, so why do I need to alter the ldconfig path? (Or is
 > > this a strange 'feature' of libtool?)
 > > 
 > > Thanks again for all your help,
 > > 
 > > Matt
 > 
 > 
 > Are you specifying 
 > 
 >   --prefix <FOO> 
 > 
 > to the configure command?  
 > 
 > If so, you'll need to add <FOO>/lib and <FOO>/lib64 to ld.so.conf.
 > This bogus requirement is a result of a seriously flawed "fix" by the
 > Debian libtool maintainer ( != the upstream libtool maintainer).  The
 > changes that Debian has made (which Ubuntu uses) break the ability to
 > test code before installation.  The full story is kind of involved, 
 > and has to do with them coding a --rpath into the executables BEFORE
 > they are installed.
 > 
 > Eric

No, there is no --prefix operator supplied.

Thanks for the  explanation, and again for all yor help.

Matt