Fix rpath for private libraries on Linux
authorBenjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@canonical.com>
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:52:43 +0000 (19:52 +0200)
committerDennis Braun <snd@debian.org>
Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:41:25 +0000 (22:41 +0200)
commit8b5f759ea8d4b7b1c3868519b0d6fdf14fbd1b81
tree68c696084a9d330b9dbbcfd917f31e5e80aafb93
parent4c782fb8198ea14dae012b187ee72296c8a8aebe
Fix rpath for private libraries on Linux

Installing audacity on Linux will produce private libraries that have
`RUNPATH` set to the build directory instead of the installation
directory.

The root cause is that the library directory is copied to the
installation directory without touching the libraries. The cmake wiki
says in RPATH handling caveats [1]: "Since install-side RPATH tweaking
is an operation that is done by target-specific installation handling,
any target that should have its install RPATH changed (e.g. to
`CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH`) needs to end up in the installation via an
`install(TARGETS ...)` signature and not via directory-based copying."

So replace `install(DIRECTORY ...)` by individual `install(TARGETS ...)`
for the libraries and modules. Then cmake will replace the `RUNPATH` to
`$ORIGIN/../lib/audacity`, which is still incorrect. Therefore set
`INSTALL_RPATH` explicitly.

Fixes: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/3289
Forwarded: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/3671
[1] https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/-/wikis/doc/cmake/RPATH-handling#caveats
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@canonical.com>
Gbp-Pq: Name Fix-rpath-for-private-libraries-on-Linux.patch
CMakeLists.txt
cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/AudacityFunctions.cmake
modules/scripting/mod-script-pipe/CMakeLists.txt
src/CMakeLists.txt