Hi Eric, That make perfect sense -- only thing is it doesn't seem to work for me:
~/effbiae/core(ENV)]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/jack/effbiae/core/.libs ~/effbiae/core(ENV)]$ ./jconsole 'hi' hi ~/effbiae/core(ENV)]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH= ~/effbiae/core(ENV)]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ~/effbiae/core(ENV)]$ libtool --mode=execute ./jconsole Load library libj.so failed. Thanks, Jack. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 03/27/2011 05:46 AM, Jack Andrews wrote: >> i want to use the usual sequence of >> >> autoreconf --install >> ./configure >> make >> make test >> make install >> >> but my program dlopen()s a lib which >> i find here: >> .libs/libj.so >> >> i've read that shared objects are hidden in >> .libs for a reason and that they should be >> installed prior to use. >> >> if this is the case, how can i run tests >> "legally", before installing the .libs/libj.so ? > > If I understand correctly, > > libtool --mode=execute path/to/uninstalled/program > > will do what you want - libtool will massage PATH behind the scenes > before spawning the wrapped uninstalled program so that it will > correctly pick up the .libs/*.so files in preference to anything installed. > > -- > Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > > _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
