[GH-ISSUE #209] Hardcoded -install_name prefix on macOS #171

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opened 2026-05-05 11:49:56 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @sjmulder on GitHub (Dec 12, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/209

Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub.

(Relates to #205)

src/Makefile has this bit:

# Change make options on OS X.
ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin)
LIBXLSXWRITER_SO = libxlsxwriter.dylib
SOFLAGS = -dynamiclib $(FPIC) -install_name /usr/lib/$(LIBXLSXWRITER_SO)
endif

This is incorrect when building with another prefix. pkgsrc happens to have a check for this and signals an error:

=> Checking for missing run-time search paths in libxlsxwriter-0.8.4
ERROR: lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib: missing library: /usr/lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib

Should be /opt/pkg/lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib in my case.

I'd say this should be changed to $(PREFIX)/lib/$(LIBXLSXWRITER_SO) but I'm not familiar with macOS' dynamic linker.

Originally created by @sjmulder on GitHub (Dec 12, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/209 Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub. (Relates to #205) `src/Makefile` has this bit: # Change make options on OS X. ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin) LIBXLSXWRITER_SO = libxlsxwriter.dylib SOFLAGS = -dynamiclib $(FPIC) -install_name /usr/lib/$(LIBXLSXWRITER_SO) endif This is incorrect when building with another prefix. pkgsrc happens to have a check for this and signals an error: => Checking for missing run-time search paths in libxlsxwriter-0.8.4 ERROR: lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib: missing library: /usr/lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib Should be `/opt/pkg/lib/libxlsxwriter.dylib` in my case. I'd say this should be changed to `$(PREFIX)/lib/$(LIBXLSXWRITER_SO)` but I'm not familiar with macOS' dynamic linker.