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

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

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:34:25 +0100

To: J. Lewis Muir, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner


"J. Lewis Muir" <jlmuir@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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