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sr #111287: Using DESTDIR= results in `libtool: warning: 'x.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'

Submitter:  Paul Menzel <paulmenzel>
Submitted:  Wed 16 Jul 2025 07:39:22 AM UTC
   
 
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Wed 16 Jul 2025 07:39:22 AM UTC, original submission:  

Building libnl 3.11.0 with libtool 2.5.4 and installing everything with `make install DESTDIR=/somewhere` results in a lot of libtool warnings:

    $ make -j300 install DESTDIR=/dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/image
    […]
    libtool: install: ranlib /dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/image/usr/lib/libnl-cli-3.a
    libtool: warning: remember to run 'libtool --finish /usr/lib'
     /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/image/usr/bin'
      /bin/sh ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c src/genl-ctrl-list src/idiag-socket-details src/nf-ct-add src/nf-ct-events src/nf-ct-list src/nf-exp-add src/nf-exp-delete src/nf-exp-list src/nf-log src/nf-monitor src/nf-queue src/nl-addr-add src/nl-addr-delete src/nl-addr-list src/nl-class-add src/nl-class-delete src/nl-class-list src/nl-classid-lookup src/nl-cls-add src/nl-cls-delete src/nl-cls-list src/nl-fib-lookup src/nl-link-enslave src/nl-link-ifindex2name src/nl-link-list src/nl-link-name2ifindex src/nl-link-release src/nl-link-set src/nl-link-stats src/nl-list-caches src/nl-list-sockets src/nl-monitor src/nl-neigh-add src/nl-neigh-delete src/nl-neigh-list src/nl-neightbl-list src/nl-nh-list src/nl-pktloc-lookup src/nl-qdisc-add src/nl-qdisc-delete src/nl-qdisc-list src/nl-route-add src/nl-route-delete src/nl-route-get src/nl-route-list src/nl-rule-list src/nl-tctree-list src/nl-util-addr '/dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/image/usr/bin'
    libtool: warning: 'src/lib/libnl-cli-3.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'
    libtool: warning: '/dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/build/lib/libnl-nf-3.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'
    libtool: warning: '/dev/shm/bee-pmenzel/libnl/libnl-3.11.0-0/build/lib/libnl-genl-3.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'
    libtool: warning: 'lib/libnl-3.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'
    libtool: warning: 'lib/libnl-nf-3.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'

As this is expected, when using `DESTDIR=`, the warnings seem unwarranted.


[1]: https://github.co ... /libnl/issues/431

Paul Menzel <paulmenzel>

 

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