not having --disable-rpath is a bad thing to do. without it, configure will practically hard-link all the libraries... Which is never good. On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 17:09, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> wrote: > Generally, whenever there is a local copy already available on the system > of a library that is to be be compiled. In that case, it prevents the > final binaries and libraries from referencing the custom library that > exists in a custom location on your system. > > Also, it is used when linking libraries that exist in the build directory, > to avoid the relinking process at the end of the build. > > Tim > >> When is disable-rpath necessary? I never used that option, but if there >> are times when that is necessary or advisable, then something should be in >> the wiki. >> >> Darrell >> >> >> --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> wrote: >> >>> From: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> >>> Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] question about building trinity from >>> scratch >>> To: trinity-devel@... >>> Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 2:13 PM >>> disable-rpath disables the hard >>> coding of library paths within built >>> libraries and binaries, instead relying on standard library >>> search paths >>> to locate needed library files. >>> >>> I do not know what enable-final does. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> > Is there any documentation notes we can add to the >>> wiki about >>> > "--enable-final"? How about "--disable-rpath"? >>> > >>> > Darrell >>> > >>> > >>> > --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Nicolas Kalkhof <nkalkhof@...> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> From: Nicolas Kalkhof <nkalkhof@...> >>> >> Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] question about >>> building trinity from >>> >> scratch >>> >> To: trinity-devel@... >>> >> Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 6:35 AM >>> >> Hi Timothy, >>> >> >>> >> thanks for the hint. Explicitly adding >>> --enable-final did >>> >> the job. >>> >> >>> >> My complete configuration: >>> >> >>> >> ./configure --disable-dnssd --without-arts >>> --without-ssl >>> >> --without-xinerama --disable-rpath --enable-final >>> >> --prefix=/opt/kde-3.5.12 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- later, Robert Xu