Re: how to use the --tag parameter with libtool in my automake file?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Ed Hartnett wrote:
> The command works if I use --tag=f77 as a libtool option, but where in
> my automake files can I specify a libtool option like --tag=f77?
>
> Is there some way to specify libtool parameters like --tag in the
> makefile? Actually I can't seem to find any documentation of --tag at
> all.

Modern versions of Automake (certainly 1.9.X, and maybe 1.8.X) 
automatically detect that libtool is version 1.5.X or newer and add 
the necessary --tag option.  For older versions of Automake you could 
provide your own versions of the Automake compile and link macros. 
Anything you provide in your Makefile.am file overrides similar 
statements which would normally be provided by Automake.

Normally --tag should not be needed, but if the supplied tool name 
does not exactly match the tool name used when configure was executed, 
libtool can't properly guess the target language.

Bob
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