Getting the path of installed lib

[flint needle]

I am using the build system and i am installing a shared library. Is there a way to get the path to the installed library inside the build script?

[lament tusk]

If you make it with b.addSharedLibrary, you can call .getEmittedBin() on it
Like any other Compile step

[flint needle]

The problem with getEmittedBin seems to be that it points to the cache rather then the final install path.

[lament tusk]

It should be the same file

Is there a reason you specifically want it to be in the install path?

[flint needle]

My idea is to implement "hot reload" when its in debug mode. To do that i used options to provide the path to the executable. If its a not a constant path like zig-cache this wont work. So i assume the install path would be a safe bet.

[mint hull]

fwiw, the Step.Compile has no idea where it will eventually be installed, it only knows where the initial compilation result will be placed (and it's always in the cache)

[flint needle]

Sound reasonable

[flint needle]

I wonder what would be a good way to implement such thing. I assume adding an install path or a addInstallLibFile would work, but i wonder which is best or maybe i could just avoid that all together.

[lament tusk]

i guess your best bet would be to reconstruct it? i.e do b.join(&.{b.prefix, "bin", exe.name})

[flint needle]

the idea was to avoid such thing, but I guess I have no choice