[PATCH v2] lib: make notmuch shared library install_name be full path on Mac OS X

[Tomi Ollila]

On Thu, Mar 05 2015, "J. Lewis Muir" <jlmuir at imca-cat.org> wrote:

> 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).
>
> Why does Notmuch work without this patch when installed via Homebrew?
> The answer is twofold.  One, /usr/local/lib is a special location in
> which the dynamic linker will look by default to find shared libraries.
> Homebrew highly recommends installing to /usr/local, and, assuming it
> has been configured this way, the Notmuch library will end up installed
> in /usr/local/lib, and the dynamic linker will find it.  Two, Homebrew
> globally corrects all install names in dynamically shared libraries and
> binaries for each package it installs.  So, even if the install names in
> a package's binaries and libraries are incorrect, Homebrew corrects them
> automatically, and no one ever knows.
>
> Why does Notmuch work without this patch when installed via MacPorts?
> The answer is that MacPorts applies a patch just like this patch to fix
> the same problem.

looks ok to me...

Tomi

> ---
>  lib/Makefile.local | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile.local b/lib/Makefile.local
> index 7278f46..f9ecd50 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile.local
> +++ b/lib/Makefile.local
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ LIBRARY_SUFFIX = dylib
>  LINKER_NAME = libnotmuch.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
>  SONAME = libnotmuch.$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
>  LIBNAME = libnotmuch.$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_RELEASE).$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
> -LIBRARY_LINK_FLAG = -dynamiclib -install_name $(SONAME) -compatibility_version $(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR) -current_version $(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_RELEASE)
> +LIBRARY_LINK_FLAG = -dynamiclib -install_name $(libdir)/$(SONAME) -compatibility_version $(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR) -current_version $(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR).$(LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_RELEASE)
>  else
>  LIBRARY_SUFFIX = so
>  LINKER_NAME = libnotmuch.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
> -- 
> 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50)
>
> This version of the patch has a better commit message as suggested
> by David Bremner on the mailing list.  The steps for reproducing the
> problem and the steps showing the analysis of the problem have been
> removed.  Added is an answer to the question of why Notmuch works
> without this patch when installed via Homebrew and MacPorts.
>
> The message-id of the previous version of this patch is
> 1409541227-38895-1-git-send-email-jlmuir at imca-cat.org.
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