[Ffmpeg-devel] Shared libraries install script broken in cvs

[Rich Felker]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 08:51:40PM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:08:32AM -0000, M??ns Rullg??rd wrote:
> > 
> > Luca Barbato said:
> > > Fran??ois Revol wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> a) that's platform-dependant
> > >
> > > Symlinks were present even before. Usually anyway they should be created
> > > by ldconfig or equivalent means.
> > 
> > ldconfig doesn't like being run as non-root.  It is customary for make install
> > to create the links.
> 
> it is customary for _libtool_ to install symlinks.  if you want to start
> adding symlink kludges, why not go all the way and start using
> autoconf/automake/libtool?

I seriously hope you are not serious and also that you're not
trolling, just naive and misguided. Autosh*t is an abomination, and
libtool is the worst of them all. This has been discussed to death
countless times before; read the archives if you care.

Rich