On 8/21/07, Jason Curl <address@hidden> wrote:
>If you don't need to have the libraries installed for a convenience
>library, use "noinst_*". See:
>http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#A-Library
>
>Similarly for libtool:
>
http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Static-libraries
>
>The answer from Mike is correct, they're static libraries that other
>programs may link to if wanted.
>
>How do you plan to use this library?
I am trying to build some program under Cygwin/X and it seemed that there is some sort of problem with linking to one of the libraries (*.la) which were made during the build process.
anyway after I added "--disable-shared" to configure, the build process went O.K. and I didnt get no ld error.
I am still not sure if the problem is from Libtool or Cygwin/X (my guess is Cygwin/X) , but for now I am quite satisfied with the static libraries as is.
thank you all for your help !
Azencot Omri