On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Rob Wyrick wrote: > Libtool doesn't use DESTDIR.... The makefiles (autoconf/automake) use > DESTDIR. > When the *.la files are built, libtool puts a line like > libdir=/some/path/to/a/lib/dir > in it. Then, when you try to install via 'make install' which, in turn > call libtool --mode=install > libtool will refuse to install into any directory EXCEPT what was > specified in the .la file. > It breaks, therefore, if you try to use DESTDIR= or prefix= arguments to > the 'make install' > command.
What version of libtool are you using? A DESTDIR install certainly works with the version of libtool that I am using. Libtool does the install, but it warns that 'libtool --finish' should be used when the libraries are copied to their intended location. There was a time when this was not so. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
