Bug 247237 - The libpl.so* files are not packaged.
Summary: The libpl.so* files are not packaged.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pl
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Gérard Milmeister
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-06 08:20 UTC by Roberto Bagnara
Modified: 2008-06-17 01:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-06-17 01:48:45 UTC
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Description Roberto Bagnara 2007-07-06 08:20:51 UTC
Description of problem:
The libpl.so* files are not packaged. However, they are needed to use the
foreign language interface.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pl-5.6.35-1.*

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
$ rpm -q pl
pl-5.6.35-1.fc6
$ rpm -ql pl | fgrep libpl
/usr/lib64/pl-5.6.35/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpl.a
/usr/share/doc/pl-5.6.35/Manual/libpl.html
/usr/share/doc/pl-5.6.35/UserGuide/libplot.html
$

Comment 1 Gérard Milmeister 2007-07-06 14:43:11 UTC
The following is from INSTALL.notes:

"Doing this causes the Prolog sources to be compiled with -fPIC (position
independent code). On  some  platform  this   can  lead  to  significant
performance  degradation.  The  approach   has    some   advantages  and
disadvantages:

        - `stand-alone' executables need the shared object
        - less performance for most processors
        + Easier linking, especially for complicated embedded systems"

Can you give an example for a module that must be linked against libpl.so?


Comment 2 Gérard Milmeister 2007-07-06 14:49:20 UTC
BTW, the calc.c example from the manual worked without a problem.

Comment 3 Roberto Bagnara 2007-07-06 15:05:51 UTC
Well, there are very good reasons to link libpl dynamically.  However, I think
there is a misunderstanding: the libpl.so* file are produced by `make' and
installed by `make install' anyway, it is just a matter of packaging them.
For example, with a /usr/local prefix:

$ ls /usr/local/lib/pl-5.6.35/lib/x86_64-linux/ 
libpl.a  libpl.so  libpl.so.5.6.35

Perhaps I am misunderstanding you: sorry if that is the case.


Comment 4 Gérard Milmeister 2007-07-06 15:19:24 UTC
The libpl.so* files are only built if --enable-shared is given
to configure. The pl executable is then also linked against libpl.so
rather than libpl.a. The difference is that libpl.so uses -fPIC and
libpl.a does not (-fPIC results in a small performance loss). Also
I don't know how well this works on non-i386 platforms.

Comment 5 Roberto Bagnara 2007-07-06 15:32:17 UTC
> The libpl.so* files are only built if --enable-shared is given
> to configure.

This is not what I observe here: the libpl.so* files are created even
if you call `configure' without any option.  In other words, the
default seems to be `--enable-shared'.
 
> The pl executable is then also linked against libpl.so
> rather than libpl.a. The difference is that libpl.so uses -fPIC and
> libpl.a does not (-fPIC results in a small performance loss). Also
> I don't know how well this works on non-i386 platforms.

As far as I know, it works on all the platforms supported by SWI-Prolog.
Moreover, the slowdown is negligible.  I will ask Jan Wielemaker to
enlighten us on this subject.


Comment 6 Gérard Milmeister 2007-07-06 15:44:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> > The libpl.so* files are only built if --enable-shared is given
> > to configure.
> 
> This is not what I observe here: the libpl.so* files are created even
> if you call `configure' without any option.  In other words, the
> default seems to be `--enable-shared'.
Well, not here. However on x86_64 this seems to be the case.
From configure.in:
  *x86_64*linux)
        if test "x$MKSHARED" = "x"; then
            MKSHARED=yes
        fi
In any case, only those files are packaged that are installed
by "make install", and libpl.so obviously is not.

Comment 7 Roberto Bagnara 2007-07-06 17:30:36 UTC
>>> The libpl.so* files are only built if --enable-shared is given
>>> to configure.
>> This is not what I observe here: the libpl.so* files are created even
>> if you call `configure' without any option.  In other words, the
>> default seems to be `--enable-shared'.
> Well, not here. However on x86_64 this seems to be the case.
>>From configure.in:
>   *x86_64*linux)
>         if test "x$MKSHARED" = "x"; then
>             MKSHARED=yes
>         fi

You are right.

> In any case, only those files are packaged that are installed
> by "make install", and libpl.so obviously is not.

Well, it is on x86_64.  So I think we should package libpl.so*
conditional to %ifarch x86_64?


Comment 8 Gérard Milmeister 2007-07-10 08:14:15 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> Well, it is on x86_64.  So I think we should package libpl.so*
> conditional to %ifarch x86_64?
The problem is, why are libpl.so* not installed by "make install"?
If the option "--enable-shared" is given, then libpl.so* ARE
automatically installed.
I am not opposed to build using "--enable-shared", but we
should make sure that it is needed and does not have averse
effects.



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