Re: question regarding AC_CHECK_LIB

[Sander Niemeijer]

> > > 2.Morever by default AC_CHECK_LIB looks for dynamic libraries.How do 
> > > I
> > > specify that I should look for a static library.
>
> AC_CHECK_LIB looks for both static and dynamic libraries.  If you wish 
> to find
> only static libraries, you could determine the compiler flag(s) that 
> do what
> `-static' does for gcc and add them to LDFLAGS for the AC_CHECK_LIB.  
> It is
> probably easiest to harness Libtool for that.

If you want to use libtool for your autoconf tests, then it may be good 
to know about the following issue:

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2004-11/msg00372.html>

Best regards,
Sander Niemeijer