[PATCH] lib: make notmuch shared library install_name be full path on Mac OS X

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Tue Feb 24 23:34:25 PST 2015


"J. Lewis Muir" <jlmuir at imca-cat.org> writes:

> The install_name of libnotmuch.dylib on Mac OS X is what is written
> into a program that links against it.  If it is just the name of the
> shared library file, as opposed to the full path, the program won't be
> able to find it when it runs and will abort.  Instead, the install_name
> should be the full path to the shared library (in its final installed
> location).

Hi Lewis;

Unfortunately we did not receive any feedback from Mac users in the
meantime. It would be nice to know that your patch won't break the
existing macports and brew packages.  I suppose that those work because
they install the libraries into a well known location.

d


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