Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 5 May 2008, Ed Hartnett wrote: > >> Howdy all! >> >> Sometimes I get these warnings (see below), and I don't really get >> what libtool is trying to tell me... > > It means that your hdf5 library was originally installed into a > different directory path and then the installation was moved/copied to > the place it is now. There is a warning since the content of the .la > file may no longer be correct. The .la file is just a text file so > you can take a look at what is inside and even edit it to fix the > installation paths.
But I'm pretty sure that I didn't move any library. Also, I believe that library is a static library anyway, so what difference would it make? What may have happened in that the HDF5 library was installed in two places, and someone is getting confused... (i.e. me.) > It is popular to use DESTDIR to redirect installation to a temporary > directory. On some systems, this does not cause a difference but on > others the libraries should be relinked to reflect their final > location. Libtool's --mode=finish is used to fix up libraries that > need to be registered in their final resting place. > When I installed the HDF5 library and I didn't use DESTDIR, just the --prefix option to configure. Thanks for the help! Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
