During installation, no dependencies existed between the targets being installed and the targets being relinked against the installed version, which made the following race condition:
../doltlibtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libvlc_pipewire.la libvlc_pulse.la libvlc_vdpau.la libvlc_xcb_events.la '/builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc'
libtool: install: (cd /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_build/sub/modules; /bin/bash "/builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_build/sub/modules/../libtool" --silent --tag CC --mode=relink gcc -g -O2 -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wvolatile-register-var -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wduplicated-branches -Wduplicated-cond -Wbad-function-cast -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Winit-self -Wlogical-op -Wshadow=local -Wmultistatement-macros -pipe -Werror=missing-field-initializers -Werror=format -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=restrict -Werror=int-conversion -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-mismatch -Werror=declaration-missing-parameter-type -fvisibility=hidden -fno-math-errno -funsafe-math-optimizations -fno-rounding-math -fno-signaling-nans -fcx-limited-range -funroll-loops -fstack-protector-strong -avoid-version -module -export-symbols-regex "^vlc_entry" -shrext .so -no-undefined ../compat/libcompat.la ../src/libvlccore.la -Wl,-z,defs -o libvdpau_instance_plugin.la -rpath /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau hw/vdpau/libvdpau_instance_plugin_la-device.lo libvlc_vdpau.la -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lanl )
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc/libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lvlc_vdpau: No such file or directory
libtool: install: (cd /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc && { ln -s -f libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 libvlc_vdpau.so.0 || { rm -f libvlc_vdpau.so.0 && ln -s libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 libvlc_vdpau.so.0; }; })
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
libtool: install: (cd /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc && { ln -s -f libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 libvlc_vdpau.so || { rm -f libvlc_vdpau.so && ln -s libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 libvlc_vdpau.so; }; })
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libtool: error: error: relink 'libvdpau_instance_plugin.la' with the above command before installing it
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvlc_vdpau.lai /builds/videolan/vlc/vlc-4.0.0-dev/_inst/lib/vlc/libvlc_vdpau.la
make[6]: *** [Makefile:15527: install-vdpauLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
Here, with the thread number, we have:
So the pkglibs were not installed before installing the plugins linking them and it was racy whether automake succeeded in installing vlc_vdpau before or not. This could apply to any pkglib being used from plugins.
This patch ensure the pkglibs are built before building the plugins.
Fixes #28374 (closed)
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