Hello Bruno,
* Bruno Haible wrote on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 02:51:08PM CET:
A while ago someone said that if in a build directory I have a (not yet
installed) ../lib/libfoo.la, to link with this library I should *not* use
libtool ... -L../lib -lfoo
but rather mention the .la file explicitly:
libtool ... -L../lib ../lib/libfoo.la
or
libtool ... ../lib/libfoo.la
You should use the last one, none of the others.
Is it true that references to non-yet-installed libool libraries should not be
made with -l? If so, it would be worth to document this in the libtool
documentation. I didn't find it there.
Quoting info libtool "Linking executables":
(1) However, you should avoid using `-L' or `-l' flags to link
against an uninstalled libtool library. Just specify the relative path
to the `.la' file, such as `../intl/libintl.la'. This is a design
decision to eliminate any ambiguity when linking against uninstalled
shared libraries.
This has been documented for eons.
Cheers,
Ralf