Only move shared libraries to /lib if they exists In several Makemodule.am, there is a install-exec-hook- target whose role is to move the shared library from /usr/lib to /lib, while keeping a symbolic link /usr/lib/libuuid.so -> ../../lib/.so.. However, when util-linux is built with --enable-static --disable-shared (as is needed on noMMU platforms that don't support shared libraries), no .so is built, but the install-exec-hook-libuuid creates an invalid /usr/lib/.so symbolic link, pointing to ../../lib (yes, the directory). This causes troubles later one when other libraries/programs are compiled with -l, as gcc thinks a shared library is available because there's a file named /usr/lib/.so. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Index: b/libuuid/src/Makemodule.am =================================================================== --- a/libuuid/src/Makemodule.am +++ b/libuuid/src/Makemodule.am @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ # move lib from $(usrlib_execdir) to $(libdir) if needed install-exec-hook-libuuid: - if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)"; then \ + if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)" -a -f "$(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libuuid.so"; then \ mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ mv $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libuuid.so.* $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ so_img_name=$$(readlink $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libuuid.so); \ Index: b/libmount/src/Makemodule.am =================================================================== --- a/libmount/src/Makemodule.am +++ b/libmount/src/Makemodule.am @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ # move lib from $(usrlib_execdir) to $(libdir) if needed install-exec-hook-libmount: - if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)"; then \ + if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)" -a -f "$(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libmount.so"; then \ mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ mv $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libmount.so.* $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ so_img_name=$$(readlink $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libmount.so); \ Index: b/libblkid/src/Makemodule.am =================================================================== --- a/libblkid/src/Makemodule.am +++ b/libblkid/src/Makemodule.am @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ # move lib from $(usrlib_execdir) to $(libdir) if needed install-exec-hook-libblkid: - if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)"; then \ + if test "$(usrlib_execdir)" != "$(libdir)" -a -f "$(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libblkid.so"; then \ mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ mv $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libblkid.so.* $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); \ so_img_name=$$(readlink $(DESTDIR)$(usrlib_execdir)/libblkid.so); \