Re: lib seach path

[Joakim Tjernlund]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote on 13/12/2009 11:14:58:

> From: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
> To: Joakim Tjernlund <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: 13/12/2009 11:15
> Subject: Re: lib seach path
>
> * Joakim Tjernlund wrote on Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 04:33:49PM CET:
> >
> > We have this big directory structure which contains both apps and libs.
> > The apps needs lots of libs that are scattered in various sub dirs.
> > It is rather messy to add lots -LDIR options to apps linking stage.
>
> For dependencies on libraries within the build tree, prefer relative
> file references over link flags; i.e., write
>   ../lib/libfoo.la  rather than  -L../lib -lfoo
>
> That way, automake (which I assume you're using) will know to rebuild
> the output when libfoo changes.

I am using automake. I didn't know automake didn't handle -lfoo dependency wise
I hope ../lib/libfoo.a works though because some apps wants the static
lib even though there is a shared one too?

>
> > Is there a way to tell libtool after it has built a lib to do a 
> > "subinstall" of the
> > lib into some dir in the build tree so that one don't have to specify lots
> > of -LDIR options, just to the one dir instead?
>
> No.

OK, thanks