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

[Christian Kellermann]

* felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [130203 01:03]:
> 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).

Are you runnning make libs install-dev then? I always wondered what
the usage of these targets is...  The patch should not affect the
"usual" make targets at all. At least as I read it atm...

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