Re: library dependency

[Peter Johansson]

Hello John,

John Wohlbier wrote:
> mv -f .deps/lib1src.Tpo .deps/lib1src.Plo
> make: *** No rule to make target `../lib2/liblib2.la', needed by `liblib1.la'.
> Stop.
>
>
> Does automake allow for automatically building lib2 when make is typed
> within lib1? If so, how is it done? If not, is this an unreasonable thing to
> expect the dependencies to handle?
>
>   
I see two solutions to this.

1) Move directory lib2 to be a SUBDIR of lib1

2) or add the following in lib2/Makefile.am

FORCE:

$(top_builddir)/lib1/liblib1.la: FORCE
 (cd $(top_builddir)/lib1 && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) liblib1.la )


If it is possible I would prefer 1) because 2) make the build slightly 
slower.

Cheers,
Peter