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task #15278: Better autoconf checks for libraries

Submitter:  Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>
Submitted:  Sat 18 May 2019 10:22:09 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Fri 17 May 2019 11:00:00 PM UTC Should be Finished on:  Fri 17 May 2019 11:00:00 PM UTC
Category:  Installation Priority:  5 - Normal
Item Group:  Enhancement Status:  Postponed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Percent Complete:  0% Open/Closed:  Open
Effort:  0.00

Sat 18 May 2019 10:22:09 PM UTC, original submission:  

Currently when checking libraries, Gnuastro just uses Autoconf's `AC_SEARCH_LIBS'. But this doesn't check with linking issues (for example if the library will succeed to link at runtime).

This can cause strange situations, like this building failure that we reported to Gnulib. The solution was just due to a run-time problem.

In the end, it was recommended to use better library tests like "AC_RUN_IFELSE instead of AC_LINK_IFELSE" or Gnulib's `AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS'.

Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>
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