Re: automake conditional for visibility?

[Bruno Haible]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> However, one question.  The document says:
> 
>   1. Add address@hidden@' or (in a Makefile.am)
>      `$(CFLAG_VISIBILITY)' to the CFLAGS for the compilation of the
>      sources that make up the library.
> 
> Does this include source code in helper libraries, such as gnulib?

Yes, sure. Otherwise the symbols coming from these source files will be
exported from the library.

> In other words, should the gnulib generated Makefile.am add the
> $(CFLAG_VISIBILITY) to AM_CFLAGS?

Good question. I would assume that you are using the --makefile-name option,
so that you can augment/customize AM_CPPFLAGS and other automake variables?

Bruno