[haiku-development] Re: In-tree tests built on Haiku host linking to host libbe

  • From: Alex Wilson <yourpalal2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:21:11 -0600

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On 2011-10-15 at 00:27:31 [+0200], Alex Wilson <yourpalal2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi all, I've been working on and off as time permits on some
>> > improvements to the layout code in my github branch
>> > (github.com/yourpalal/haiku), and I ran into an annoying problem. I
>> > have been using LayoutTest1 (in the tree) to test my changes as I go.
>> > Unfortunately, it appears the executable has been getting linked to
>> > the host libbe.so, which not only means I haven't actually tested any
>> > of these changes (beyond making sure that they compile), but has lead
>> > to some very frustrating errors. What tipped me off was that any
>> > changes to the vtables of my classes leads to a segfault. Eventually I
>> > found a way to print out the vtable entries for an object in gdb,
>> > which were not reflecting any changes I made... investigating further,
>> > I found/ran 'info sharedlibrary' which confirmed my fears.
>> >
>> > So, what I need help with is a way to force LayoutTest1 to link to the
>> > right libbe. I have looked around a bit but nothing has jumped out at
>> > me as a solution. Hopefully someone on here can help!
>>
>> Creating a "lib" folder next to LayoutTest1 binary, and copying/linking
>> your new libbe inside should be enough.
>
> I'd recommend creating an install pseudo target for that purpose in your 
> UserBuildConfig to copy everything into one place.

Thanks, that works nicely!

--Alex

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