From 774a74ffa47abcc3e022e24cefaafb362b60fd27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Scott Michel" <scooter.phd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:06:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] MAKEFILE: Move PCRE2 library path search earlier

Don't put "-L" linker options after the "-l" library. Move the search
for libpcre2-8 before "-lpcre2-8" is added to OS_LDFLAGS.
---
 makefile | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 0cc0ea9a..b460a38b 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -617,11 +617,14 @@ ifeq (${WIN32},)  #*nix Environments (&& cygwin)
     PCRE2_LIB=pcre2-8
     ifneq (,$(call find_lib,${PCRE2_LIB}))
       OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_PCRE2_H
+      ifeq ($(LD_SEARCH_NEEDED),$(call need_search,${PCRE2_LIB}))
+	PCRE2_LIBPATH = $(dir $(call find_lib,${PCRE2_LIB}))
+	ifneq (,${PCRE2_LIBPATH})
+	  OS_LDFLAGS += -L${PCRE2_LIBPATH}
+	endif
+      endif
       OS_LDFLAGS += -l${PCRE2_LIB}
       $(info using libpcre2-8: $(call find_lib,${PCRE2_LIB}) $(call find_include,pcre2))
-      ifeq ($(LD_SEARCH_NEEDED),$(call need_search,${PCRE2_LIB}))
-	OS_LDFLAGS += -L$(dir $(call find_lib,${{PCRE2_LIB}}))
-      endif
       FALLBACK_PCRE=
     endif
   endif