linkage of libiconv on mac os x
On 27-03-2008 18:46:02 +0100, Michael Weiser wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that quite a number of binaries and libraries in my prefix
> installation are linked against /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib as well as
> ${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib. My system is Mac OS X 10.5.2.
>
> The cause seems obvious: If some package doesn't add
> -I${EPREFIX}/usr/include and -L${EPREFIX}/usr/lib to its CFLAGS and
> LDFLAGS, it will link against the system's libiconv. If this package
> happens to be a library like glib, it pulls it into all the binaries
> that link against it.
This is exactly the reason we are using wrappers that inject those
flags. If gcc and ld aren't first in your default search-path, things
will get difficult.
> This hasn't caused any problems thus far but I'm wondering if this is
> known behaviour or a bug in my setup.
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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level
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