Re: Using nonstandard (static) lib name

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Jan,

* Jan Engelhardt wrote on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:34:22AM CET:
> 
> Well, I don't see why they should not be able to process
>       gcc/ld -o finalprogram xyz.o myshared.a
> 
> Note that I am not even trying to use -l, but the bare filename.
>       finalprogram_SOURCES = xyz.c
>       finalprogram_LDADD = myshared.a

You are able to use it.  In 'foreign' mode, the associated error
for noinst_LIBRARIES degrades to a warning, and with -Wnone you
can turn it (more precisely: all warnings) off.

Hmm, wonder why this doesn't link to -Wno-portability.

Cheers,
Ralf