Hello, I am seeking for help with awkward issue with libtool while building this library: http://github.com/mspanc/vspec
When i build it on my ubuntu 14.04 box, it works fine, add during make install it creates appropriate .so.VERSION_INFO symlinks. However, when I try to cross compile it using Cerbero build system from GStreamer project (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/cerbero/), which basically bootstraps toolchains for cross-compilation, during make install it creates only .so files (no .so.VERSION_INFO symlinks), but only for this library, it makes this succesfully for other libs within the same build environment. Apparently, there must be some difference, but I diff automakes of vspec and other project that installs fine for quite some time already and still can't figure out what's the root cause of the problem. Can anyone here give me and hint where to seek for differences? Below log from Cerbero's make install: Making install in src make[1]: Entering directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0/src' /bin/mkdir -p '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib' /bin/bash ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libvspec-1.0.la '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.so /root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/libvspec-1.0.so libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.lai /root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/libvspec-1.0.la libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.a /root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/libvspec-1.0.a libtool: install: chmod 644 /root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/libvspec-1.0.a libtool: install: arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib /root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/libvspec-1.0.a /bin/mkdir -p '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/share/vala/vapi' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec-1.0.vapi libvspec-1.0.deps '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/share/vala/vapi' /bin/mkdir -p '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/include/libvspec-1.0' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec.h '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/include/libvspec-1.0' /bin/mkdir -p '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/pkgconfig' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec-1.0.pc '/root/cerbero/dist/android_armv7/lib/pkgconfig' make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0/src' make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0/src' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0' make[2]: Entering directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0' make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/cerbero/sources/android_armv7/libvspec-1.0-1.0.0' Running command 'make install' And the same command on my ubuntu 14.04 box: $ LC_ALL=C sudo make install Making install in src make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec/src' /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib' /bin/bash ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libvspec-1.0.la '/usr/local/lib' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 libvspec-1.0.so.1 || { rm -f libvspec-1.0.so.1 && ln -s libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 libvspec-1.0.so.1; }; }) libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 libvspec-1.0.so || { rm -f libvspec-1.0.so && ln -s libvspec-1.0.so.1.0.0 libvspec-1.0.so; }; }) libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.lai /usr/local/lib/ libvspec-1.0.la libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvspec-1.0.a /usr/local/lib/libvspec-1.0.a libtool: install: chmod 644 /usr/local/lib/libvspec-1.0.a libtool: install: ranlib /usr/local/lib/libvspec-1.0.a libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries have been installed in: /usr/local/lib If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR' flag during linking and do at least one of the following: - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable during execution - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable during linking - use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf' See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/vala/vapi' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec-1.0.vapi libvspec-1.0.deps '/usr/local/share/vala/vapi' /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libvspec-1.0' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec.h '/usr/local/include/libvspec-1.0' /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libvspec-1.0.pc '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec/src' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec/src' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marcin/aktivitis/radiokit/vspec' Thanks, Marcin