Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:32:56 -0500, Dan Langille said: >> Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:45:43 -0500, Dan Langille said: >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> I am finding that the location of the executable binary varies from one >>>> system to another. I am trying to find out why. The answer will help >>>> to improve the build and install process. >>>> >>>> Sometimes the binary is at: >>>> >>>> src/qt-console/bat >>>> >>>> If not there, it is at: >>>> >>>> src/qt-console/.libs/bat >>>> >>>> Within a given system, the location is always consistent. It is one of >>>> the above. Why the location varies, I do not know. >>> The .libs directory is the default location when building with libtool (for >>> Bacula shared libraries). >> This is interesting. Please, can you elaborate? > > The libtool utility is a wrapper around compiling/linking/install to deal with > portability for shared library naming. > > In the build tree, it puts all shared libraries and executables into > subdirectories which are called .libs by default. It also creates a shell > script for each executable, which sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH appropriately to make > it work in the build tree. > > Note that this is only in the build tree. During "make install", it installs > the real libraries and binaries. > > My guess is that that some are not being linked with shared libraries for some > reason, so Bacula is not using libtool and the real executable is built in > src/qt-console/bat. > > It isn't clear to me why the location of the binaries matters, unless the > Makefile is broken.
It matters because building the FreeBSD port/packages needs to know where the binary is. Without knowing, you can't install it or build it into a package. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
