Re: setting additional libtool runtime variables

[mcmahill at mtl dot mit dot edu]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:03:38PM -0400, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a way to tell libtool that it needs to set some additional
> > runtime variables in addition to LD_LIBRARY_PATH when trying to test run
> > an executible before its installed?  I have some data files and the path
> > gets built into the binary, but can be overridden with an environment
> > variable.
> 
> You could use a wrapper script that sets the environment up and then execs the
> real binary... CVS autoconf does this in the tests dir.
> 
> Or you could set Automake's TESTS_ENVIRONMENT (sp?) variable in your
> Makefile.am.

This isn't part of the tests target, its more of a `let the user try it
before they install it'.  Basically, I want the wrapper script setup by
libtool to contain an additional variable.  It seems likes
TESTS_ENVIRONMENT is more for the make check target.

-Dan