Re: HOWTO Build one library from source in multiple subdirs?

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Monday 28 May 2001  9:56 am, Mats Lidell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build one library from sourcode in multiple sub
> directories. (You could see it as getting one single library from a
> package big enough to be split in many directories.) Somehow I got the
> impression that I could get support from libtool and build one library
> in each subdir and then get libtool to merge them into on
> library. Perhaps during install.
>
> I have tried it but so far I have only come up with the idea of using
> a convenience library that explicitly states each subdir library. This
> means I have to export, eg install, each subdir library as well as the
> convenience library.

Don't install the convenience libraries, link against the uninstalled 
versions.  Libtool will copy the contents of the convenience libraries into 
the shared library that references them.

> Does libtool support what I outline above? If not what approach do you
> suggest?

Yes it does.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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