$ fgrep -- '-L/usr/local/lib' /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/Config_heavy.pl lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib' ldflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib' ldflags_nolargefiles=' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
The above shows the presence of -L/usr/local/lib in the packaged perl installation config vars. This is a problem, because when compiling Perl extensions, it places /usr/local/lib at the front of the library search path, taking precedence over any other paths that the Makefile.PL may take care to specify. This is bad, because /usr/local/lib may contain old/incorrect versions of libraries which get found instead of the libraries the Makefile.PL attempted to point to with explicit -L options.
I don't know enough about the perl build process to know where that option is coming from - I'm hoping someone can tell me whether the presence of those harmful -L/usr/local/lib options is a packaging bug, an upstream bug, or a weird feature.
Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
