Re: how to link with libtool?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Matěj,

* Matěj Týč wrote on Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 09:34:49PM CET:
> I have a library that has its .la file in the right place.
> The question is: What should I do in the autotools setup so that libtool
> takes over the compilation, discovers the .la file and passes additional
> options to the linker so that the linking doesn't fail? Having
> AC_PROG_LIBTOOL in the configure.ac is not enough...
> What about having a AC_CHECK_LTLIB macro? 
> This would be good to check for libtool libs first and for pkg-config
> configuration only if someone has taken the .la files away (some distros
> do that)

Yes, it may be a good idea if somebody wrote this.
It should probably depend on LT_OUTPUT.

OTOH, the havelib module from gnulib already provides quite a bit of
functionality in this area.

Cheers,
Ralf