[PATCH] builds libs by default with full RPATH

Michael Biebl mbiebl at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 04:00:12 CET 2007


2007/12/16, Alexander Neundorf <neundorf at kde.org>:
> Hi,
>
> attached you can find a small patch which changes the default value of the
> option KDE4_USE_ALWAYS_FULL_RPATH from OFF to ON.
> A better name for that option would be "KDE_BUILD_LIBS_WITH_RPATH", then I
> wouldn't have to explain what it does.
>
> Pros: libs should always have the correct RPATH
> Cons: "make install" will take longer, since libs then also have to be
> relinked (as long as cmake without chrpath support is used)

Hi Alex,

do you know about
http://people.debian.org/~che/personal/rpath-considered-harmful
or
http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue

Considering the issues raised there, what's your answer to this?

Cheers,
Michael


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