Re: AC_LIBOBJ(subdir/file) doesn't work with non-recursive automake

[Russ Allbery]

Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

> well, it was me who created the controversy here.  :-)

> I presume you use AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR to specify a certain directory,
> and then you call AC_LIBOBJ with object names (without any directory
> components).  Then you use LIBOBJS or LTLIBOBJS in the top directory.

That was the goal, yes.

> I think there is no doubt this should be supported.

> The controversy is about implementation: current implementation uses
> variable LIBOBJDIR to prepent the path, while I proposed that
> ./configure would insert the directory part to the substituted
> value of (LT)LIBOBJS.

> It is possible that Autoconf/Automake will support multiple libobj
> directories on future; in that case, the two possible implications
> will have consequences for the shape of that support.

> But the basic use case for AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR shall continue to
> work in either case.

Oh, excellent.  Then I will look forward with great eagerness to the next
releases of Autoconf and Automake, and in the meantime continue to apply
my patch to work around the problem.

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Russ Allbery (address@hidden)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>