Re: shared libraries and automake

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Eric" == Eric Ray <address@hidden> writes:

 Eric> is it possible to link to a non-libtool generated shared object in the
 Eric> Makefile.am?

 Eric> for example, instead of

 Eric> lib_LTLIBRARIES=libSomeLibrary.la

 Eric> is there another command to use a regular .so file?

 Eric> lib_LIBRARIES only appears to work with static libraries.  I can find no
 Eric> documentation in the Automake manuel that describes how to use
 Eric> non-libtool libraries.

_LTLIBRARIES and _LIBRARIES are used to *produce* libraries. 

If all you want is to link with a .so file which already exists
(or for which you have supplied your own building rules), you
can use _LDADD:

bin_PROGRAMS = foo
foo_SOURCES = foo.c foo.h
foo_LDADD = pathto/libyours.so

Alternatively, you can play with the -L and -l linker flags

bin_PROGRAMS = foo
foo_SOURCES = foo.c foo.h
foo_LDADD = -Lpathto -lyours

but this second form won't handle dependencies (in case
pathto/libyours.so is built in the same project) automatically.

(All of this remains true for any kind of libraries, e.g. static
libraries or libtool libraries.)

HTH,
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz