Re: Creating ONLY static libraries

[Jason Curl]

Omri Azencot wrote:
> On 8/21/07, Jason Curl <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > > If you don't need to have the libraries installed for a convenience
> > > library, use "noinst_*". See:
> > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#A-Library
> > >
> > > Similarly for libtool:
> > > http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Static-libraries
> > >
> > > The answer from Mike is correct, they're static libraries that other
> > > programs may link to if wanted.
> > >
> > > How do you plan to use this library?
> > >       
>
>
> I am trying to build some program under Cygwin/X and it seemed that there is
> some sort of problem with linking to one of the libraries (*.la) which were
> made during the build process.
> anyway after I added "--disable-shared" to configure, the build process went
> O.K. and I didnt get no ld error.
> I am still not sure if the problem is from Libtool or Cygwin/X (my guess is
> Cygwin/X) , but for now I am quite satisfied with the static libraries as
> is.
> thank you all for your help !
>   
I had a similar problem with 'libiberty' that it didn't provide shared 
libraries, only static. You might want to have a look at the thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2007-08/msg00005.html

I haven't checked Ralf's response if it works, I just yanked out 
libiberty effectively solving my problem. But it might still be relevant 
for you:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2007-08/msg00009.html

Regards,
Jason.