RE: How to use ld options correctly for --whole-archive in automake and libtool

[Andy Falanga (afalanga)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Torri [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 10:44 AM
> To: Andy Falanga (afalanga)
> Cc: Thomas Jahns; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: How to use ld options correctly for --whole-archive in
> automake and libtool
> 
> >
> >> But what exactly is the problem with using e.g. ../Shared/HwMgmt/
> >> libhwmgmt.la? That sata.so will then require libhwmgmt.so? libtool
> >> should be able to set sata.so's rpath such that libhwmgmt.so will be
> >> found at runtime.
> 
> I would also use $(top_builddir) instead of relative path. It could
> help when building in another directory than the source one (like with
> make distcheck)
> 

Vincent,

I am an automake/autotools neophyte.  I have to plead ignorance at the use
of $(top_builddir).  I've read some of what this variable is supposed to be
but I'm not sure.  What is its value?  How is used in the scripts?