Loading docs/KNOWN_BUGS +5 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -365,16 +365,16 @@ problems may have been fixed or changed somewhat since this was written! When the configure script checks for third-party libraries, it adds those directories to the LDFLAGS variable and then tries linking to see if it works. When successful, the found directory is kept in the LDFLAGS variable when the scripts continues to execute and do more tests and possibly check for more libraries. when the script continues to execute and do more tests and possibly check for more libraries. This can make subsequent checks for libraries wrongly detect another installtion in a directory that was previously added to LDFLAGS by another installation in a directory that was previously added to LDFLAGS by another library check! A possibly better way to do these checks would be keep the pristine LDFLAGS A possibly better way to do these checks would be to keep the pristine LDFLAGS even after successful checks and instead add those verified paths to a separate variable that only after all library checks have been performed get separate variable that only after all library checks have been performed gets appended to LDFLAGS. Loading Loading
docs/KNOWN_BUGS +5 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -365,16 +365,16 @@ problems may have been fixed or changed somewhat since this was written! When the configure script checks for third-party libraries, it adds those directories to the LDFLAGS variable and then tries linking to see if it works. When successful, the found directory is kept in the LDFLAGS variable when the scripts continues to execute and do more tests and possibly check for more libraries. when the script continues to execute and do more tests and possibly check for more libraries. This can make subsequent checks for libraries wrongly detect another installtion in a directory that was previously added to LDFLAGS by another installation in a directory that was previously added to LDFLAGS by another library check! A possibly better way to do these checks would be keep the pristine LDFLAGS A possibly better way to do these checks would be to keep the pristine LDFLAGS even after successful checks and instead add those verified paths to a separate variable that only after all library checks have been performed get separate variable that only after all library checks have been performed gets appended to LDFLAGS. Loading
