[csw-maintainers] libcairo dependency on /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so...

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Roger,

Am 11.01.2010 um 23:22 schrieb Roger Håkansson:
> Roger Håkansson wrote:
>> On 2010-01-09 23:41, Roger Håkansson wrote:
>>> I've committed some changes to the Makefile which fixes this  
>>> problem.
>>>
>> Seems I was a little bit hasty in my assessment...
>> My first fix will make libcairo use /opt/csw/X11/lib/libXrender.so  
>> at link time, but not runtime.
>> I've tested with a second one where made sure that -R/opt/csw/X11/ 
>> lib would be first in runtimepath but still, when linking librsvg  
>> for instance, the wrong libXrender.so will be picked.
>> So as far as I can see it, in order to "fix" the problem, all  
>> packages which link to libXrender.so or to a another lib which link  
>> to libXrender.so, must make sure that /opt/csw/X11/lib before /opt/ 
>> csw/lib in RUNPATH and not the opposite.
>> Or we just remove /opt/csw/lib/libXrender.so* which probably would  
>> break a ton of packages.
>> For now (and until someone tells me it's a bad idea) I'll make sure  
>> my packages have X11/lib first in runpath
>
> Just to clarify, I've added (and committed) this to the Makefile for
> libcairo:
> EXTRA_SOS_LD_FLAGS = -L$(abspath $(prefix)/X11/lib/$(MM_LIBDIR))
> EXTRA_SOS_LD_OPTIONS = -R$(abspath $(prefix)/X11/lib/$(MM_LIBDIR))
>
> This will give us a libcairo.so with /opt/csw/X11/lib first in  
> RUNPATH.
>
> Then the packages using libcairo only need to have -L/opt/csw/X11/lib
> first during build (i.e same setting as libcairo for  
> EXTRA_SOS_LD_FLAGS, but not EXTRA_SOS_LD_OPTIONS)
> Runtime everything seems to be ok (on my build machines where I've  
> built
> and reinstalled packages as I built them) using these options. But  
> that's only my quick observations.

I guess it would be generally helpful to put EXTRA libraries in front  
of the
standard path at /opt/csw/lib as opposed to appending it.


Best regards

   -- Dago