Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Apply the same naming scheme for .so libs in "libs" target

[Felix]

From: Christian Kellermann <address@hidden>
Subject: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Apply the same naming scheme for .so libs in 
"libs" target
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 18:08:34 +0100

> Hi all,
> 
> As I went through the instruction for cross-compilation in the
> manual I read about the "libs" target. It seems to me that it creates
> the so lib and its symbolic link the opposite way as install-libs
> does. Which results in a broken link when you call install-libs
> later on. I also think that the way install-lib does it is better
> than the "libs" way. I write better because there is still a minor
> number missing in our .so files but that's another story...
> 
> So if you are still with me I would be honored if you find some
> time to give this some thought. I think the cross compilation process
> is broken without the patch. I have tested this for mipsel and arm
> cross compilation. So far I cannot say that its all working for me,
> I am still sorting out the leftover debris, but this looks broken
> hence the patch. Maybe I got it all wrong...

I'm not sure about this. I know that the current behaviour is not
fully correct, but I repeatedly had problems the other way round, I
think mostly in the situation when I ran freshly built binaries in the
current build-directory, without installation (this may sound
peculiar, but I need this for testing).


cheers,
felix