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Bug 88095 - libglade-2.0.pc does not specify "dynamic" option to linker
libglade-2.0.pc does not specify "dynamic" option to linker
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: libglade
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
2.0.x
Other other
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: James Henstridge
James Henstridge
: 328443 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-07-13 10:16 UTC by Andrew Sobala
Modified: 2006-03-07 00:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description Andrew Sobala 2002-07-13 10:16:41 UTC 
running pkg-config --libs libglade-2.0 gives the following output:

 -L/gnome/head/INSTALL/lib -lglade-2.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lxml2 -lz
-lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0
-lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0

and pkg-config --libs libglade gives this:

 -rdynamic  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lglade-gnome -lglade -lxml -lz
-lgnomeui -lart_lgpl -lgdk_imlib -lSM -lICE -lgtk -lgdk -lgmodule -ldl -lXi
-lXext -lX11 -lgnome -lgnomesupport -lesd -laudiofile -lm -ldb-3 -lglib

This -rdynamic flag is required for an application to use libglade, but is
not specified in v2.0 of the .pc files.

It's worth noting that -rdynamic is possibly gcc specific, and other
operating systems (Solaris?) may need different linker options.
Comment 1 James Henstridge 2002-07-13 14:24:37 UTC 
This is covered in the libglade documentation.  First of all, not all
libglade using apps want to turn on -export-dynamic and second (only
those that use the autoconnect() function).  Second, there is no
compiler independent flags to turn this on.  The relevant portion of
the documentation is:

        <para>If you wish to autoconnect handlers defined in the main
        executable (not a shared library), you will need to pass a
        linker flag to export the executable's symbols for dynamic
        linking.  This flag is platform specific, but libtool can take
        care of this for you.  Just add
        <parameter>-export-dynamic</parameter> argument to your link
        flags, and libtool will convert it to the correct
        format.</para>
Comment 2 James Henstridge 2006-03-07 00:03:09 UTC 
*** Bug 328443 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***