id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	difficulty
1366	"linking tests fail when ""make check"" is run without installing first"	evhan		"This is similar to #1347, but the failure occurs during the linking tests due to the use of an absolute path to libchicken.a. When running ""make check"" without a ""make install"", that file doesn't exist:

{{{
/home/evhan/src/chicken/chicken-core-chicken-5/tests/../chicken 'linking-tests.scm' -output-file 'linking-tests.c' -static -verbose -include-path /home/evhan/src/chicken/chicken-core-chicken-5/tests/.. -uses reverser -emit-link-file linking-tests.link
'gcc' 'linking-tests.c' -o 'linking-tests.o' -c  -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DHAVE_CHICKEN_CONFIG_H -DC_ENABLE_PTABLES -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -I/home/evhan/src/chicken/chicken-core-chicken-5/tests/.. -I/home/evhan/.chicken/chicken-5-load-module/include/chicken
rm linking-tests.c
'gcc' 'reverser.o' 'linking-tests.o' -o 'linking-tests' -L/home/evhan/src/chicken/chicken-core-chicken-5/tests/.. -L/home/evhan/.chicken/chicken-5-load-module/lib  -Wl,-R'/home/evhan/.chicken/chicken-5-load-module/lib' /home/evhan/.chicken/chicken-5-load-module/lib/libchicken.a -lm -ldl
gcc: error: /home/evhan/.chicken/chicken-5-load-module/lib/libchicken.a: No such file or directory
}}}
"	defect	closed	major	5.0	compiler	5.0.0	fixed	csc, tests, linker, make		easy