Re: non-installed shared libraries

[Guido Draheim]

Gav Wood schrieb:
> hi,
>
> sorry if this email is just me being ignorant but i can't find an easy way of 
> doing what i need - perhaps you could help.
>
> i'm using automake for a project that implements a plugin system. it has a 
> small, non-installed cradle (example) program for testing the library that it 
> builds. because it's a plugin system it needs two other small non-installed 
> shared libraries be built, to act as plugin examples for the test program.
>
> i can build the non-installed program well using rules:
>
> noinst_PROGRAMS = example
> example_SOURCES = example.cpp
> example_LDADD = libsucplugin.la
>
> i can then build the two plugins as non-installed static libraries using 
> rules:
>
> noinst_LIBRARIES = libselfcat.a libunderline.a
>
> however, they need to be shared. if i try using libtool:
>
> noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libselfcat.la libunderline.la
>
> i end up with two .la files and no linkable shared libraries.
>
> any ideas?

I did never have any problems with making plugin modules, nor
to test them before installation. First of all, I wonder why
you don't use the "-module" flag of libtool, second there is
wonder why noinst_, and third: what is in your .libs subdir
and whether the (text-type) .la has anything suspicous that
could point to misconfiguration (like using AC_DISABLE_SHARED
in the configure.ac or some such, just doublechecking.) And
last not least, if that is going to be a bug it might be
worth knowing the version numbers of the autotools.

HTH, cheers, guido