rpath.README
1Tests for config.rpath and lib-link.m4.
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3rpath-1 w
4 |
5 +---- a = static, b = shared
6
7rpath-2 u v w
8 | | |
9 | | +---- a = static/static, b = static/shared,
10 | | c = shared/static, d = shared/shared.
11 | |
12 | +------ a = all libraries and the program have the same prefix,
13 | b = the libraries are in different directories.
14 |
15 +-------- a = all shared libraries use the libtool *.la files for
16 resolving dependencies, b = dependencies are given as
17 AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS argument instead.
18
19rpath-3 u v w
20 | | |
21 | | +---- a = static/static/static, b = static/static/shared,
22 | | c = static/shared/static, d = static/shared/shared,
23 | | e = shared/static/static, f = shared/static/shared,
24 | | g = shared/shared/static, h = shared/shared/shared.
25 | |
26 | +------ a = all libraries and the program have the same prefix,
27 | b = the libraries are in different directories.
28 |
29 +-------- a = all shared libraries use the libtool *.la files for
30 resolving dependencies, b = dependencies are given as
31 AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS argument instead.
32
33The rpath-2* tests are sensitive to
34 - incomplete shared library support in the system,
35 - bugs in libtool that creates the shared libraries,
36 - bugs in lib-link.m4.
37
38The rpath-3* tests are sensitive to
39 - incomplete shared library support in the system,
40 - bugs in libtool that creates the shared libraries.
41
42Known failures:
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44* On all platforms supporting shared libraries,
45 rpath-3aae rpath-3aag
46 rpath-3abe rpath-3abg
47 fail. This is a libtool 1.4.2 bug: When a shared library depends on a
48 static library indirectly through two different dependency paths,
49 libtool attempts to link together invalid sets of object files.
50
51* OSF/1 4.0: the tests
52 rpath-2bbd
53 rpath-3bbd rpath-3bbf rpath-3bbg rpath-3bbh
54 fail, because -rpath options are not cumulative:
55 The last -rpath option overrides all previous ones. One would need to
56 pass all directories, separated by colons, in a single -rpath option.
57
58* Solaris: the tests
59 rpath-3bae rpath-3bbe
60 rpath-3aaf rpath-3abf
61 rpath-3baf rpath-3bbf
62 fail, because code from static libraries not compiled with -fPIC cannot
63 be integrated into shared libraries: linker error "Text relocation remains".
64
65* Cygwin: The tests
66 rpath-2aac rpath-2abc
67 rpath-3aac rpath-3aaf
68 rpath-3abc rpath-3abf
69 fail.
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