Re: [PATCH 03/17] meson, cutils: allow non-relocatable installs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 10/16/23 11:08, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:31, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> > index 010d2c649c2..251838f2609 100644
> > --- a/meson.build
> > +++ b/meson.build
> > @@ -2111,6 +2111,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_OPENGL', 
> > opengl.found())
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PLUGIN', get_option('plugins'))
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RBD', rbd.found())
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RDMA', rdma.found())
> > +config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RELOCATABLE', get_option('relocatable'))
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SAFESTACK', get_option('safe_stack'))
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL', sdl.found())
> > config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL_IMAGE', sdl_image.found())
>
> Is relocatable a good choice here? The term is used in linking and might 
> be confusing (when I read the subject that's what I thought it'd be 
> about). How about 'movable`?

I think it's a relatively common usage.  Google finds many uses for RPM 
but also in a lot of random forums (CMake, Julia, FreeBSD).  See also 
https://nehckl0.medium.com/creating-relocatable-linux-executables-by-setting-rpath-with-origin-45de573a2e98 
or 
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Supporting-Relocation.html.

Paolo