Re: Multiple link directories

[Gary Hughes]

Hi Tom,

Yep, that was exactly what I asked. I tried the automake list however I 
got no response. Has this never been raised by anyone before? It would 
seem like a fairly common thing to do, certainly in the environments 
I've worked in. And given that you can specify multiple -L options to 
linkers.

I'll give you script approach a go and see what happens, I would 
certainly prefer a builtin solution. Is there any reasonably simple way 
of adding this kind of support? I don't know a whole lot about the 
autotools yet so If I'm suggesting the very difficult let me know! :)

thanks.

Gary.

Tom Tromey wrote:

> > > > > > "Albert" == Albert Chin <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > program_LIBADD    =    $(libdir)/libsomething.la
> > > Is there a way of telling automake that libsomething.la may be in any of 
> > > several directories?
>
> Albert> What version of automake are you using? This isn't a libtool
> Albert> question but an automake one. I think automake 1.5 will allow
> Albert> you to specify separate directories for _LIBADD and handle the
> Albert> dependencies correctly. You can reach the automake mailing
> Albert> list at <address@hidden>.
>
> I think he's asking: libsomething.la might appear in one of several
> directories.  How do I tell automake and/or libtool that?
>
> Gary, the only answer might be that you have to make this decision at
> configure time.  Well, or do something unusually ugly like:
>
>    program_LIBADD = `find-the-library-script libsomething.la`
>
> I don't know if that will even work.  (It certainly isn't supported.)
>
> Tom
>
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