Re: building a _shared_ library from sources in different directories

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Giannis" == Giannis Georgalis <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Giannis> What I want to do, is to build a *shared* library from
 Giannis> ALL the sources that are included in module1 AND
 Giannis> module2 AND module3 AND module4 and then link the
 Giannis> program1 and program2 against this shared library.

 Giannis> My latest approach to this problem (that didn't work)
 Giannis> was to have for example in module2, module3, module4
 Giannis> directories a Makefile.am of the form:
[...]
 Giannis> noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libmodule{2,3,4}.la
[...]
 Giannis> lib_LTLIBRARIES = libproject_name.la
 Giannis> libproject_name_la_LIBADD = ../module2/libmodule2.la \
 Giannis> ../module3/libmodule3.la ../module4/libmodule4.la
[...]
 Giannis> What am I doing wrong ?

Nothing I could see.  I'm using a similar setup successfully.

1. what Autoconf/Automake/Libtool versions are you using?
2. what "didn't work"?

 Giannis> Additionally, even though it isn't as important for me as the
 Giannis> previous question; Is it possible to make object files being created
 Giannis> in the Obj subdirectory ? -> Note that my makefiles reside in the
 Giannis> module1, module2, module3, module4, program1 and program2
 Giannis> subdirectories.

See the subdir-objects options.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz