Re: libtool does not create '.so' file-extension

[Peter O'Gorman]

Christian Nolte wrote:
> 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:
>
> ---
> 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

I think you'll find that your ltmain.sh and the libtool.m4 that is included 
in configure are from different versions of libtool.

rerun aclocal, pointing it at the correct version of libtool.m4 and then 
autoconf and things should work.

Peter