[openib-general] Re: libibverbs.la seems to have a non-working default.

[Jean-Christophe Hugly]

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 15:24 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting r. Guido Passet <openib-general at clustervision.com>:
> > Subject: libibverbs.la seems to have a non-working default.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I ran into a problem compiling libibcm and managed to trace it back to 
> > libibverbs. It seems that libibverbs.la has a static link for 
> > libsysfs.la to /lib64 on a 64bit host and to /lib on a 32bits host.
> > 
> > However, on my SUSE10 system the libtool archive is located in 
> > /usr/lib/libsysfs.la..
> > 
> > dependency_libs=' -L/usr/local/my-favorite-installdir/OpenIB/lib 
> > /lib64/libsysfs.la -lpthread -ldl'
> > 
> > For now i have a workaround this, but i am not sure if this is either a 
> > feature or a bug ;)
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > -- 
> > Guido Passet            Email: guido.passet at clustervision.com
> 
> Looks like autotools problem at your end: libibverbs.la is a generated file.

I have encoutered the same issue (suse10 as well). For now, I also use
an ugly work-around (basically a script goes and seds libibverbs.la
before compiling the rest).

The file may be generated by the autoconf/libtool etc. machinery, but I
do not know how much the contens depends on the make files. The devl
libsysfs.so and .la are in /usr/lib[64], while the run-time is
in /lib[64] that's pretty usual, but there seems to be some assumption
somewhere that the .la is next to the run-time lib. I whish I would have
a week to spare understanding the autoconf/libtool mess. If someone has
already made that cognitive investment, and can figure out where the
mistaken assumption is, that'd be nice. 

-- 
Jean-Christophe Hugly <jice at pantasys.com>
PANTA