Re: libtool does not recognize lib64 -- Update to Olly Betts' patch

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:25:06PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Toshio Kuratomi wrote on Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:20:09PM CEST:
> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 04:04:04PM -0400, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> > > Greetings.  I package software for Fedora and frequently get hit with
> > > /usr/lib64 being added as an rpath in builds.  I found what I think is the
> > > last thread on this subject here:
> > >   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2010-06/msg00141.html
> > > 
> > > In the second message, Olly Betts links to a message from 2007 where he
> > > proposed a patch that would solve this by parsing the output of
> > > /sbin/ldconfig rather than trying to parse /etc/ld.so.conf.  The thread
> > > ended with a positive view of the patch and a request to update the patch
> > > for current libtool.  This last step doesn't appear to have happened.
> > > 
> > > Since I care about this issue, I've gone ahead and ported the patch to
> > > current git master.  I'm attaching it here.
> > > 
> > Anything I need to do to get this looked at?
> 
> I'm looking at it.  The patch has issues, the approach itself has issues
> too, and is definitely not ready for the upcoming release.
> 
> Details when I have them sorted out.
> 
No problem, thsanks for looking.

/me Awaits list of things to work on :-)
-Toshio

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