Re: [Lame-dev] little makefile bug

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Leidinger <address@hidden> writes:

Alexander> nasm_ldadd = 
$(top_builddir)/libmp3lame/@CPUTYPE@/liblameasmroutines.la

>> (cd .libs/libmp3lame.lax/libmpgdecoder.a && ar x /Volumes/White 
>> Star/Users/glessard/Codage/lame-dev/libmp3lame/../mpglib/.libs/libmpgdecode
>> r.a)

It looks like libmpgdecoder.la is a libtool convenience library, and
libtool is running this command.

>> The obvious question is: why does it not quote paths?

Automake doesn't because it is much too hard.
`make' is just supremely lame about this.  Working around the quoting
problems is possible (I've done it in a different tool), but really it
isn't worth the payoff.

Alexander> Guillaume also asked why absolute paths are used. Can
Alexander> anyone at address@hidden please explain why absolute
Alexander> paths instead of relative paths (this would solve this
Alexander> particular problem) are used (please keep the CC, I didn't
Alexander> think anyone of us is subscribed to address@hidden)?

I'm guessing that this is a libtool problem, and not an automake
problem.

Tom