libtool does not create '.so' file-extension

[Christian Nolte]

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Hello,

I have a simple AM-based project here which shall output a single shared
library. The problem is, that the shared library _is_ created by libtool
but does not automatically get the .so file-extension. The Makefile.am
looks like this:

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lib_LTLIBRARIES = gpgencryption.la

gpgencryption_la_SOURCES = gpgencryption.c
gpgencryption_la_LIBADD = -lgpgme -lgpg-error $(GLIB_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS)
gpgencryption_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module

AM_CPPFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) \
                          -DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \
                          -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
                        
AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
- ---

After the successful compilation, the libtool-archive and co. are in the
subdir src/.libs, which looks like that:

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address@hidden gpgencryption]$ ls src/.libs
gpgencryption  gpgencryption.la  gpgencryption.lai  gpgencryption.o
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As you can see, the file gpgencryption is missing the .so extension.
'file' tells me that this is indeed the shared-library, but why is it
that this file does not get an extension added? There must be something
missing in my Makefile.am.

One thing that I've tried was to use 'plugin_LTLIBRARIES' but that does
not work either (BTW: is there a recent documentation of automake which
mentions the plugin_-target?).

I would appreciate any help!

Best regards

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Christian Nolte

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