[Gdal-dev] GDAL nix build configuration

[David Friberg]

That should work, thanks for the info.

Dave


On 11/17/06, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com> wrote:
> On OSX (I assume because of the dylib), it's simple to do without any
> patching of the GDAL make setup.  Let it build how it wants to and
> install it.  Then postprocess the library with install_name_tool.
> Assuming the default /usr/local install (and assuming that the
> compatibility problem is really that bad - Frank might know better on
> that score), that would be:
>
> install_name_tool -id /usr/local/lib/libgdal.1.X.Y.dylib /usr/local/
> lib/libgdal.1.X.Y.dylib
>
> where X and Y are the minor and revision numbers matching what was
> installed.
>
> You can change existing programs to match the new name with
> install_name_tool.  Like the GDAL tools, since they're built with the
> simpler version names.  Use otool first to verify the names:
>
> otool -L /path/to/program
>
> use the libgdal name there in install_name_tool:
>
> install_name_tool -change /existing/libgdal/name /usr/local/lib/
> libgdal.1.X.Y.dylib /path/to/program
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2006, at 6:46 PM, David Friberg wrote:
>
> > I would like to request a change to the rpath (hard-coded library
> > search path) used in the shared libraries produced by the GDAL build
> > system.  The rpath currently used is problematic for us because it
> > contains the major version number, but not the revision number or age
> > (e.g. /usr/local/lib/libgdal.1.dylib).  This search path is also
> > propagated to every executable and shared library that links to GDAL.
> > An incompatible version of GDAL may exist in /usr/local/lib, so the
> > dynamic linker will use that if present.  Since we do not want to
> > install GDAL to /usr/local/lib, overwriting what's there, our
> > executables fail to work due to the incompatible libgdal.
> >
>
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