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Re: [gpsd-dev] Static linking in 3.15
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Bernd Zeimetz |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Static linking in 3.15 |
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Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:29:16 +0200 |
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On 06/28/2015 08:42 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> You're probably going to bitch about scons now, but that's the wrong
> target. scons 2.3 has working versioned-library support; it didn't
> help. The actual problem is unrelated to the specific build system;
> it comes from the requirement to simultaneously run the entire test
> suite in the build and support installing to system space *without*
> leaving a security hole. You were the person who reported that
> problem.
Exactly. And that works perfectly fine with autotools. With cmake. And
even with hand-written Makefile. All better than scons. Being able to
build a versioned library is only half of the way, being able to do all
the things with it you've mentioned is what you need.
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