Re: configure substitutions in generated Makefile

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "jk" == Kremp, Johannes <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 jk> test_SOURCES = test.c
 jk> test_LDADD  = $(LIBTEST)

[...]

 jk> but $(LIBTEST) doesn't appear in the generated Makefile in
 jk> test_DEPENDENCIES:

 jk> Makefile:
 jk> ...
 jk> am_test_OBJECTS = test.$(OBJEXT)
 jk> test_OBJECTS = $(am_test_OBJECTS)
 jk> test_DEPENDENCIES =
 jk> test_LDFLAGS =
 jk> ...

Automake is not able to guess that $(LIBTEST) will be a valid
dependency when it is run.  After all, $(LIBTEST) could has well
contain something like `-lfoo' which is valid for test_LDADD,
but not for test_SOURCES.

So you have to set test_DEPENDENCIES yourself, from your
Makefile.am:

 test_SOURCES = test.c
 test_LDADD = $(LIBTEST)
 test_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBTEST)

[...]

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz