Re: [Devel] freetype enhancement request

[Albert Chin]

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:41:10AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > > > I'd like to request a way to use configure to provide this -R
> > > > switch automatically rather then hand editing after the build.
> > > 
> > > Already done in the current CVS.  Please test.
> > 
> > This is not portable. You assume that rpath entries are additive. On
> > Tru64 UNIX, HP-UX, and AIX, they are not.
> 
> Maybe you've seen my message sent recently to the libtool list,
> asking for assistance.  Can you suggest a better solution?

I cannot think of a portable solution. The problem is only when
someone combines the freetype-config output with rpath output from
another tool. The only solution to this is to use some type of wrapper
script that combines the rpath options. I think libtool with -R will
do it but making freetype-config dependent on libtool seems
unreasonable.

Internally, we *replace* the /bin/ld on AIX, HP-UX, and Tru64 UNIX
with a binary wrapper that combines rpath entries then runs the real
linker. Yeah, it's not pretty but there is no easier solution I can
think of.
  http://freshmeat.net/projects/wrapld/

One possibility is to add the rpath entry only on the systems where
rpath is additive (Solaris, IRIX, Linux).

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albert chin (address@hidden)