Re: dlopen, DESTDIR, library dependencies and "cannot install" error

[Peter O'Gorman]

On 01/09/2012 09:31 AM, Diab Jerius wrote:

> make DESTDIR=/home/dj/stage prefix=/rbtree-1.0.9 exec_prefix=/rbtree-1.0.9/x86 
> install
>
> The resultant file hierarchy is shallower:
>
> /home/dj/stage
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9/x86
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9/x86/lib
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9/x86/lib/pkgconfig
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9/include
> /home/dj/stage/rbtree-1.0.9/include/rbtree
>
> and works well with the graft program.
>
> In the context of my original question vis-a-vis libtool, I've been
> using this approach for many years with a large number of distributions
> which use libtool and have never had libtool refuse to install a library
> into the staging area.

I'm sorry, but what you're doing isn't supported, even though it worked 
for you previously with libraries that did not require relinking.

I can only suggest make install DESTDIR=... ; and then mv the subdirs 
you want.

Peter