Re: [PATCH] Be nice with compilers that do not support runtime paths at all.

> On Oct 4, 2007, at 1:18 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
>>
>>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>>> index a1fe443..7c6c453 100644
>>> --- a/Makefile
>>> +++ b/Makefile
>>> @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ all::
>>>  # that tells runtime paths to dynamic libraries;
>>>  # "-Wl,-rpath=/path/lib" is used instead.
>>>  #
>>> +# Define NO_RPATH if your dynamic loader doesn't support runtime  
>>> paths at
>>> +# all.
>>> +#
>>>  # Define USE_NSEC below if you want git to care about sub-second  
>>> file mtimes
>>>  # and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4)  
>>> for this, and
>>>  # it will BREAK YOUR LOCAL DIFFS! show-diff and anything using  
>>> it will likely
>>
>> Thanks for this part;
>>
>>> @@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
>>>  			BASIC_LDFLAGS += -L/opt/local/lib
>>>  		endif
>>>  	endif
>>> +        NO_RPATH = YesPlease
>>>  endif
>>
>> I'll let Darwin users to fight the defaults for this part out.
>
> No more replies on this thread, and the Apple documentation  
> confirms that there is no rpath support in the dynamic loader of  
> OSX 10.4 and before.  I don't know about the soon-to-be-released  
> 10.5 aka Leopard.
>
>>> @@ -521,7 +525,10 @@ ifndef NO_CURL
>>>  	ifdef CURLDIR
>>>  		# Try "-Wl,-rpath=$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)" in such a case.
>>>  		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(CURLDIR)/include
>>> -		CURL_LIBCURL = -L$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(CURLDIR)/$ 
>>> (lib) -lcurl
>>> +		CURL_LIBCURL = -L$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) -lcurl
>>> +ifndef NO_RPATH
>>> +		CURL_LIBCURL += $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)
>>> +endif
>>>  	else
>>>  		CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
>>>  	endif
>>
>>> @@ -539,7 +546,10 @@ endif
>>>
>>>  ifdef ZLIB_PATH
>>>  	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(ZLIB_PATH)/include
>>> -	EXTLIBS += -L$(ZLIB_PATH)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(ZLIB_PATH)/$ 
>>> (lib)
>>> +	EXTLIBS += -L$(ZLIB_PATH)/$(lib)
>>> +ifndef NO_RPATH
>>> +	EXTLIBS += $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(ZLIB_PATH)/$(lib)
>>> +endif
>>>  endif
>>>  EXTLIBS += -lz
>>>
>>
>> While these parts are ugly but correct, I think...
>>
>>> @@ -547,7 +557,10 @@ ifndef NO_OPENSSL
>>>  	OPENSSL_LIBSSL = -lssl
>>>  	ifdef OPENSSLDIR
>>>  		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(OPENSSLDIR)/include
>>> -		OPENSSL_LINK = -L$(OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$ 
>>> (OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib)
>>> +		OPENSSL_LINK = -L$(OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib)
>>> +ifndef NO_RPATH
>>> +		OPENSSL_LINK = $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib)
>>> +endif
>>>  	else
>>>  		OPENSSL_LINK =
>>>  	endif
>>
>> this and the ICONV one are missing s/=/+=/.
>
> You're right, sorry.
>
>>
>> If we do not care about supporting too old GNU make, we can do
>> this by first adding this near the top:
>>
>>         ifndef NO_RPATH
>>         LINKER_PATH = -L$(1) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(1)
>>         else
>>         LINKER_PATH = -L$(1)
>>         endif
>>
>> and then doing something like:
>>
>> 	CURL_LIBCURL = $(call LINKER_PATH,$(CURLDIR)/$(lib))
>> 	OPENSSL_LINK = $(call LINKER_PATH,$(OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib))
>>
>> to make it easier to read and less error prone.
>>
>
> Yes.  I can rework the patch, but the question is: do you care  
> about old GNU make?  Can I rewrite the patch with this feature?