On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Andreas Metzler <ametz...@downhill.at.eu.org> wrote: >> What's the problem with fixing automake? > > Hello, > > in a nutshell: I doubt anybody who has the knowledge to fix it cares, > and there is more to it than a > --with-stuff-usually-in-libdir-but-we-want-it-below-urs=/usr/lib. > Installing it there is simple, making use of the installed files is not. > > Have you ever written a pkgconfig file that properly handles the use case > where the static library lives lives in a different directory than the > dynamic one? (And don't limit yourself to directories in the linker > search path.)
I've never used pkgconfig. But if it doesn't support it, it too should be fixed. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinja95nt1q6gv0r6tymhhyynep0ppiwnfuuj...@mail.gmail.com
