Libtool's manual disparages Automake! :-o

[Gary V. Vaughan]

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I am auditing the libtool texinfo manual in preparation for the next release.

Currently, it says:

~   The flags `-dlopen' or `-dlpreopen' (*note Link mode::) would fit
better in the PROGRAM_LDADD variable.  Unfortunately, GNU automake, up
to release 1.4, doesn't accept these flags in a PROGRAM_LDADD variable,
so you have the following alternatives:

~   * add them to PROGRAM_LDFLAGS, and list the libraries in
~     PROGRAM_DEPENDENCIES, then wait for a release of GNU automake that
~     accepts these flags where they belong;

~   * surround the flags between quotes, but then you must set
~     PROGRAM_DEPENDENCIES too:

~          program_LDADD = "-dlopen" libfoo.la
~          program_DEPENDENCIES = libfoo.la

~   * set and `AC_SUBST' variables DLOPEN and DLPREOPEN in
~     `configure.in' and use address@hidden@' and address@hidden@' as
~     replacements for the explicit flags `-dlopen' and `-dlpreopen' in
~     `program_LDADD'.  Automake will discard `AC_SUBST'ed variables
~     from dependencies, so it will behave exactly as we expect it to
~     behave when it accepts these flags in `program_LDADD'.  But hey!,
~     this is ugly!

I am unsure of the wisdom of these words.  Should I change the manual to
wholeheartedly recommend the first alternative, and discard the others?  Or
should Automake be patched to accept `program_LDADD = -dlopen foo.la'?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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