[PATCH 3/5] xftests: Use installed libraries only

Dave Chinner david at fromorbit.com
Mon Sep 3 00:37:48 CDT 2012


On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:26:08PM -0500, Rich Johnston wrote:
> The xfstests autotools currently searches locally in
>    ../{acl,attr,dmapi,xfsprogs}
> for libraries that xfstests depends upon, in addition to searching for them in
> their regular installed locations on a system, e.g. /usr/lib.  It appears this
> feature was added (but not documented) so that xfs developers can build and run
> xfstests without having to install the libraries.  This can lead to touble if

trouble.

(the subject also has a typo)

> you expect that xfstests is using the versions of the libraries installed on
> the system.
> 
> If a local library was found and not installed, libtool will create a wrapper
> script to call the binary from the .libs directory.  This patch will remove
> searching for local libraies so that the installed libraries are always used.
                      libraries

> Signed-off-by: Rich Johnston <rjohnston at sgi.com>

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner at redhat.com>

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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com



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