Linux : add a symbolic link in an ANE

pol2095

Hello,

I tried to add a symbolic link in a ANE, it's a symbolic link to a myLib.so.4.1.2 shared library
using ADT it doesn't work, the symbolic link is replaced by the shared library file without version (myLib.so)

I tried too to add the symbolic link in the ANE like a zip :
zip --symlinks -ur myAne.ane META-INF/
but later it's impossible to compile the captive app using the ANE : Packaging failed. Packager internal error

Thanks

ma

Doubt that is a good approach as symlinks aren't really well supported across different OS. What's your reasoning for wanting to put a symlink in the ane?

pol2095

CMake generate on Ubuntu myLib.so.4.1.0 and a symbolic link myLib.so
for working my ANE need myLib.so and myLib.so.4.1.0
I have a duplicate file in the ANE

pol2095

Finnaly, I changed "CMakeLists.txt", I commented lines with properties VERSION and SOVERSION.
It have just a file myLib.so now, thanks.

ma

Yeah sounds like a better idea, an ANE may be a zip file but it is a particular type of zip and in a particular order so messing with it's contents can be tricky and not recommended.

I nearly always have a separate ane build script that pulls the products from our native builds and assembles a separate structure for the ane package. Just to ensure everything is clean in the ane 🙂

Good luck with it.

pol2095

can you share the script to assembles a separate structure for the ane package ?

ma

We have ant scripts in our opensource extensions that do this. They are probably a little over the top for a simple extension as they are designed to handle a lot of our different build processes but you can have a look, eg:

https://github.com/distriqt/ANE-Memory/blob/master/extension/air/build_air.xml