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

[Vincent Torri]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Andy Falanga (afalanga)
<address@hidden> wrote:
>> -----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?

something like :

my_lib_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/Shared/HwMgmt/libhwmgmt.la

Vincent Torri