From d74c4a3c123b2a548268d4468ee45f8ab12b3c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bercot Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:12:22 +0000 Subject: Fix INSTALL message: static lib location --- INSTALL | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 20e5d14..a686406 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ other Unix-like operating systems. ./configure && make && sudo make install will work for most users. - It will install the binaries in /usr/bin and the libraries in /usr/lib. + It will install the binaries in /usr/bin and the libraries in /usr/lib/bcnm. + + Please note that static libraries in /usr/lib/bcnm *will not* +be found by a default linker invocation: you need -L/usr/lib/bcnm. +Other skarnet.org software automatically handles that case if the +default configuration is used, but if you change the configuration, +remember to use the appropriate --with-lib configure option. + You can strip the binaries and libraries of their extra symbols via "make strip" before the "make install" phase. It will shave a few bytes -- cgit 1.4.1