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Re: The zsh script

From: Paul Howarth <paul_at_city-fan.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:15:30 +0000

On 12/02/16 08:51, Jakub Zakrzewski wrote:
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> From: curl-library [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
> Sent: Freitag, 12. Februar 2016 09:34
> To: curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se
> Subject: Re: The zsh script
>
> On 11/02/16 21:20, Dan Fandrich wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:32:21AM +0100, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
>>> We've tested several different ways of running the zsh script setup
>>> at build time, and they've all run into different kinds of problems
>>> because we don't have a known working curl executable to use at build time.
>>>
>>> The latest issue is tracker here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/620
>>>
>>> Can we do anything better than simply removing the generation of it
>>> from the regular build?
>>
>> Maybe just remove generation of it for cross-compiled builds.
>
> The issue doesn't just affect cross-compiled builds; it also appears on regular dynamic builds where there's no existing libcurl library present, so the just-built curl binary won't run since the just-built libcurl library is not yet installed anywhere the dynamic linker can find it.
>
> Paul.
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> Hi,
>
> wouldn't it be possible to run it as a part of install rule then?

It still wouldn't work if the installation destination wasn't somewhere
the linker would find the library, such as when using DESTDIR in a "make
install" invocation, commonly used by downstream packagers.

Paul.

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