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| author | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-21 12:44:00 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-21 12:44:00 +0000 |
| commit | 056ebba12b312c99ccf0d3e5c1068a923e5448f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 1866a92977fb8d1149fd77482d2795d95c2cdfbf /doc/guide | |
| parent | d74af54ab4a1bd26a3c2a1a82c77f853c7437014 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-056ebba12b312c99ccf0d3e5c1068a923e5448f6.tar.gz | |
ldd is not reliable for when to include buildlink3.mk files in others.
Update paragraph. Based on discussion with rodent@.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml b/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml index 9d5b893c5f3..2676e8ca536 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: buildlink.xml,v 1.32 2013/04/16 13:55:33 wiz Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: buildlink.xml,v 1.33 2013/04/21 12:44:00 wiz Exp $ --> <chapter id="buildlink"> <title>Buildlink methodology</title> @@ -350,13 +350,17 @@ BUILDLINK_TREE+= -tiff <para>The following steps should help you decide if a <filename>buildlink3.mk</filename> file needs to be included: <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Run <filename>ldd</filename> on all installed - libraries and look against what other libraries they link. The - packages providing these must be - buildlinked.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Look at the installed header files: What headers do they include? The packages providing these files must be buildlinked.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Run <filename>ldd</filename> on all installed + libraries and look against what other libraries they link. + Some of the packages providing these probably need to be + buildlinked; however, it's not automatic, since e.g. GTK on + some systems pulls in the X libraries, so they will show up in + the <filename>ldd</filename> output, while on others (like OS + X) it won't. <filename>ldd</filename>output can thus only be + used as a hint.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </sect2> |