This is a long-standing bug in our project and I've yet to figure out how to address it.
The project is primarily a library that once installed has a "front end" installed in libdir and N "back ends" (linked by libtool with the '-module' option and using libltdl for dlopen) installed in pkglibdir. Once the package is installed running 'make check' allows the test programs to pass. However, running 'make distcheck' results in a failure. For example: make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make check-am make[2]: Entering directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make c++/testcpp make[3]: Entering directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' CXX c++/testcpp.o CXXLD c++/testcpp make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make check-TESTS make[3]: Entering directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' rig:rig_init called rig: loading backend dummy rig: lt_dlopen("hamlib-dummy") failed (file not found), trying static symbols... rig: dlsym(initrigs3_dummy) failed (/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build/c++/.libs/lt-testcpp: undefined symbol: initrigs3_dummy) rig: lt_dlopen("hamlib-dummy") failed ((null)) terminate called after throwing an instance of 'RigException' /bin/bash: line 5: 17432 Aborted ${dir}$tst FAIL: c++/testcpp ======================================================= 1 of 1 test failed Please report to hamlib-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net ======================================================= make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make[1]: *** [check] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nate/git/hlbld/hamlib-3.0~git/_build' make: *** [distcheck] Error 1 If I am guessing correctly, the system linker cannot find the back end module in question (in this case 'dummy' which requires no amateur radio hardware). How/where do I specify the directory 'make distcheck' uses? Here is the Makefile.am fragment for this portion of the library: lib_LTLIBRARIES += c++/libhamlib++.la c___libhamlib___la_SOURCES = c++/rigclass.cc c++/rotclass.cc c___libhamlib___la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info @ABI_VERSION@:@ABI_REVISION@:@ABI_AGE@ c___libhamlib___la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libhamlib.la check_PROGRAMS += c++/testcpp TESTS += c++/testcpp c___testcpp_SOURCES = c++/testcpp.cc c___testcpp_LDADD = c++/libhamlib++.la c___testcpp_LDFLAGS = @BACKENDLNK@ c___testcpp_DEPENDENCIES = c++/libhamlib++.la @BACKENDEPS@ In this case testcpp is not able to load the backend. My Google fu left me with no answers so far. ;-) - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us