On Tuesday 15 December 2009 15:52:39 Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Tom Vaughan wrote: > > I have a pretty vanilla shared library on the latest Ubuntu Karmic > > Koala that is built with autoconf, automake, and libtool. I've noticed > > that if I "make install" I always see "libtool: install: warning: > > relinking `librestest.la'" even when I know nothing has changed. Why? > > One purpose for re-linking is to make sure that the installed library > depends on installed libraries of the correct version rather than some > library in a build tree, or an older version of an installed library. > Another purpose can be to formally register the library with the > system so that it will be used.
could ELF rpath DT's also be a factor ? -mike
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