Re: pkg/47187 (net/p5-Net-LibIDN fails to build)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47187; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/47187 (net/p5-Net-LibIDN fails to build)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:19:42 +0000

 On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 04:25:02AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
  >   >  Perl package contains
  >   >  
  >   >     ldflags='-Wl,-rpath,/usr/pkg/lib -fstack-protector -L/usr/pkg/lib'
  >   >  
  >   >  which is wrong since the build environment is not in and not supposed
  >   >  to be using /usr/pkg. This makes its way to p5-Net-LibIDN, which tries
  >   >  to use it to link test programs, where it's intercepted by the
  >   >  wrappers and removed, so the test programs' rpath ends up not being
  >   >  set at all so they won't run.
  >   >  
  >   >  How it gets this way I dunno.
  >   >  
  >   >  Is this (or something like it) also the problem on dfly?
  >  
  >  After discussing this with wiz we concluded that the package should
  >  not depend on Perl and libidn being installed in the same prefix, so
  >  the fact that Perl is providing the wrong library path shouldn't be
  >  allowed to break it.
 
 ok, I figured out what was causing Perl to provide /usr/pkg instead of
 $PREFIX, and it's netbsd-specific. Therefore, it can't be the same as
 the original problem.
 
 (1) Are you using a non-default $PREFIX?
 
 (2) Does the patch I posted work around your build problem?
 
 (3) Does your Perl package also have wrong stuff in its config? Check
 $PREFIX/lib/perl5/5.16.0/<ostype>/Config_heavy.pl, in particular the
 value of "ldflags". If so, we need to figure out why.
 
 If the ldflags value is not wrong, does it contain your $PREFIX? If
 so, we need to figure out why this info isn't making it to
 p5-Net-LibIDN. If not, the Perl folks need to decide if it should or
 not and how to get it there.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost