Re: [gpsd-dev] chrpath dependency

[Christian Gagneraud]

On 22/11/13 16:17, Hal Murray wrote:
> address@hidden said:
> > As I'm setting up a new machine, I just realised what happens if you  don't
> > have chrpath installed (see session log below).
>
> It will work if you don't have chrpath.  It's just that scons check will use
> the installed libraries rather than the ones you just built and haven't
> installed yet.

Well, if you want to run the test, it doesn't work (you don't want to 
link to something else than the lib you just built), The SConstruct 
contains a mix of static and dynamic builds, but there's a couple of 
problems:
- there's no code for building libgpsd.a
- the link flags don't enforce static link, so in case of parallel 
build, the test app will be link either on libgps.a or .so, depending on 
which one get built first (and the phase of the moon as well)
- the test apps have no dependencies on the static libs, but they have 
on the shared ones...

I think the Sconstruct needs some cleanup:
- make the test apps depends on the static libs only
- ensure that the test apps are linked against the static libs even if 
the shared one are already built or not

I had an attempt to fix this some time ago, but i gave up as it's not as 
simple as it seems, although it should be.


> > Is this tool available on *BSD as well or is it linux specific?
>
> It's available on FreeBSD and NetBSD.

At least that's good news! thanks.

Chris