On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:36:04 -0500
Michael Shell <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Looking at the book for Libassuan-2.0.2:
>
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/general/libassuan.html
>
> I note that it states that libassuan.a and libassuan-pth.a
> are installed. However, is this really still true?
>
> ./configure --help
>
> for Libassuan-2.0.2 says:
>
> --enable-static[=PKGS] build static libraries [default=no]
> --enable-shared[=PKGS] build shared libraries [default=yes]
>
> which means it now builds only shared by default.
>
> Building it with
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>
> on my system results in the installation of:
>
> libassuan.la
> libassuan.so -> libassuan.so.0.2.0
> libassuan.so.0 -> libassuan.so.0.2.0
> libassuan.so.0.2.0
>
> Using
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-static --enable-shared
>
> results in the additional static lib file:
>
> libassuan.a
>
> but still no libassuan-pth.a and I do have pth-2.0.7 installed.
>
> I don't seem to see any mention of pth in the configure output.
>
> Now, trying out Libassuan-2.0.3, I get:
>
> libassuan.a
> libassuan.la
> libassuan.so -> libassuan.so.0.3.0
> libassuan.so.0 -> libassuan.so.0.3.0
> libassuan.so.0.3.0
>
> But neither 2.0.2 or 2.0.3 seems to look for Pth.
>
> Does the BLS book need updating here?
>

Yes, thanks for the heads up, I'll have a go at it tomorrow.

Andy
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