From ffcd6f542062d48357b4e4d95f4d011766e7aac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gary V. Vaughan" Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:51:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Jeff Garzik noticed a Linux wrapper script bug --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ TODO | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 17e887278..134b21bae 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +1999-01-06 Gary V. Vaughan + + * TODO: Added details of a Linux wrapper script bug. + Reported by Jeff Garzik . + 1999-01-05 Alexandre Oliva * ltmain.in (libobjs_save, oldobjs): when building an diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 2efbbc2ed..b24619a67 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ AIX 4), distinguishes between global function and global variable references. This means that we cannot declare every symbol as `extern char'. Find a workaround. +* Jeff Garzik noticed that libtool wrapper scripts do +not always work on Linux. When running tests in a newly built package, the +script is prone to picking up a similarly sonamed library in /usr/lib in +preference to the newly built library in the distribution. The scripts *do* +work under Solaris however. + * Documentation: - libltdl needs to be documented -- 2.47.2