Re: [PATCH] cracklib, zlib: install to /lib instead of /usr/libxx

[Phil Blundell <philb@gnu.org>]

On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 09:24 -0400, Yao Zhao wrote:
> I want both libz.a and libz.so* in /lib.
> 
> I wrote a simple test case:
> cat Makefile
> all:
>          gcc -c -fPIC -DPIC -o test.o test.c -g
>          gcc -o libtest.so -shared test.o
>          gcc -c -o test_main.o test_main.c -g
>          ar rc libtest.a test.o
>          mv libtest.a usr/lib
>          mv libtest.so lib
>          gcc -o test_main_static test_main.o -L./usr/lib -L./lib -ltest
>          gcc -o test_main_shared test_main.o -L./lib -L./usr/lib -ltest
> 
> If don't install to same directory then it will have problems.

That testcase isn't terribly representative since you have libtest.so
being the actual shared library.  In the zlib case, since it has a
proper SONAME, libz.so.1 and libz.so are distinct.

p.