Re: LIBEXT

[Bruno Haible]

Werner LEMBERG replied to Ralf Wildenhues:
> > > What about adding a test to find out the extension of (static)
> > > libraries?  Having a LIBEXT variable would be quite helpful.
> >
> > [...] you can alternatively use the gnulib module havelib (which
> > will use the logic in the config.rpath file to set libext).
>
> This looks very promising, thanks!  How shall someone find that?

It's so simple that you can write it yourself in a couple of lines:

host_os=`echo "$host" | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
libext=a
case "$host_os" in
  cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
    libext=lib
    ;;
esac

> This gnulib module lacks *any* documentation (and I follow the git
> repository almost daily).

That's because the 'havelib', at some point, should migrate into autoconf.
gnulib is only its temporary home.

Bruno