flatpak-builder, /app and dependent build

[Alec Leamas]

Hi,

On 06/01/2021 20:21, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 19:05 +0100, Alec Leamas wrote:
>> On 06/01/2021 14:50, Alec Leamas wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> Once again the flatpak world makes me feel silly :(
>>>
>>> Have a simple app with a dependency (libgeotiff) which depends on
>>> another module named proj (sic!). Both have a standard autotools
>>> setup.
>>>
>>> Building proj is fine, but when it tries to install into /app/lib
>>> it
>>> runs into a read-only filesystem error.

> 
> You can't write everywhere in /app, you can only write in the
> subdirectory for the extension. If you need a new library, make sure
> you have a "add-ld-path" section in the extension definition.


So many thanks for putting me on the right track. I owe you a beer, so
to speak.

Cheers!

--alec