From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 4 05:43:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D89D16A4DF; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 05:43:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7483443D58; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 05:43:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5D02C.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.208.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k645ZOgN057123; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 07:35:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k645h8TY027770; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 07:43:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:43:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20060704074308.9gtr3ucj7ogs8kcs@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:43:08 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Alejandro Pulver References: <20060701202522.00da2f4e@phobos.mars.bsd> <20060703114027.tj9s4h5mog8ww0ck@netchild.homeip.net> <20060703142907.62215dae@phobos.mars.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20060703142907.62215dae@phobos.mars.bsd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Renaming and symlinking shared libraries X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:43:12 -0000 Quoting Alejandro Pulver (from Mon, 3 Jul 2006 =20 14:29:07 -0300): > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:40:27 +0200 > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> Quoting Alejandro Pulver (from Sat, 1 Jul 2006 >> 20:25:22 -0300): >> >> > AFAIK the symlinks would be (under lib/, in src->dest form) the >> > following. This shows the renaming of libtest to libtest-2, with major >> > version of 2. >> > >> > libtest-2.so -> libtest-2.so.2 >> > libtest-2.so.2 -> test2/libtest-2.so.2 (real) >> > >> > Inside test2/. >> > >> > libtest.so -> libtest-2.so >> > libtest-2.so -> libtest-2.so.2 (real) >> > >> > Then I link a program with "cc -o test -L/usr/local/lib/test2 -ltest". >> > I did it with lua4 but after linking 'ldd' says it can't find >> > "libtest.so". >> > >> > Have I missed something? >> >> You have to ldconfig the test2 directory, else the run-time linker >> will not find the lib (it doesn't know where to search for it). >> >> Bye, >> Alexander. >> > > Hello. > > Thank you for your reply. > > But then how do the databases/dbXX ports achieve the same result > without it? I thought it should find it since there is a symlink > in /usr/local/lib that points to it. I want that when I compile a > program with -L/usr/local/lib/test -ltest it actually links to test-2 > for example. Please look at the dbXX ports to see what I mean. If you link with "-ltest-2" or if you link lib/libtest.so -> =20 lib/test2/libtest-2.so, it should work, else you have to use the new =20 LDCONFIG infrastructure. Bye, Alexander. --=20 One man's constant is another man's variable. =09=09-- A.J. Perlis http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137