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Incorrect check for library target directory when relinking

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From: Thilo Schulz <thilo <at> tjps.eu>
To: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: Incorrect check for library target directory when relinking
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 23:21:12 +0100

Hi,

I'm really baffled by this message:

> /home/thilo/code/libtool-2.4.2/libtool --mode=install install net.la 
/home/thilo/code/usr/lib/sercom/sercomctl/
> libtool: install: error: cannot install `net.la' to a directory not ending 
in /home/thilo/code/usr/lib/sercom/sercomctl/

I'm installing to exactly that directory and it's complaining! Looks like this 
check is wrong, starting from line 3399 in libtool:

# Don't allow the user to place us outside of our expected
# location b/c this prevents finding dependent libraries that
# are installed to the same prefix.
# At present, this check doesn't affect windows .dll's that
# are installed into $libdir/../bin (currently, that works fine)
# but it's something to keep an eye on.
test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir" && \
func_fatal_error "error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in 
$libdir"

so basically, if $inst_prefix_dir and $destdir are equal, it throws an error? 
Are you sure it shouldn't be || instead of &&?

-- 
Beste regards,
Thilo Schulz

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