Re: How to build a noinst_ but still shared library?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Dave,

* Dave Korn wrote on Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 01:35:19AM CET:
> "   Libtool convenience libraries are declared by directory-less
> variables such as `noinst_LTLIBRARIES', `check_LTLIBRARIES', or even
> `EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES'.  "
> 
>   So: how do you build a shared library in your "make check" run, without it
> ending up installed somewhere during "make install"?  (In case it's relevant,
> the project is all flat in a single non-recursive Makefile, so I can't just
> e.g. force the subconfigure in tests/ to use a bogus $prefix choice under
> $objdir somewhere.)

check_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la
libfoo_la_LDFLAGS = -rpath /nowhere

Cheers,
Ralf