Re: [RFC 0/5] perf ui/gtk: Separate out GTK codes to a shared object

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:43:07 +0200 (EET), Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> This is an RFC patchset to separate GTK GUI codes to a shared object,
>> called libperf-gtk.so and use it with libdl.  It's in an early-stage
>> so probably has some rough edges, but I'd like to get some comments.
>> 
>> For now, the libperf-gtk.so (I'm open to a better name suggestion)
>> contains whole libperf.a and libtraceevent.a for simplicity.  And
>> because of that, every single object in perf tools needs to be built
>> as a PIC like libtraceevent does.
>> 
>> As a result, library dependency of the perf itself reduced like this:
>
> [snip]
>
>> To run GTK report browser, you can do it with usual --gtk option but
>> you might need to setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>> 
>>   $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD ./perf report --gtk
>> 
>> Missing LD_LIBRARY_PATH will lead to a fallback TUI or stdio (for 
>> NO_NEWT=1 build) report browser.
>
> What's the benefit of doing this? Requiring users to specify 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH seems like a major PITA.

Nothing. ;-)  

It should be installed to a proper place - I just missed to do it before
sending it.  And with this RFC patches, I wanted to be confirmed that I
was going to the right direction before doing something silly. :)

Thanks,
Namhyung