Re: How to combine several functions in a single oct-file? (2)

[Michael Goffioul]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Lukas Reichlin
<address@hidden> wrote:
>>> There is (or used to be) the PKG_DEL counterpart to PKG_ADD. But
>>> what's missing is autounload (such feature request makes sense imo).
>>> The other possibility is to put all the common code into a single
>>> shared library, then link all oct-files to that library.
>>>
>>> Michael.
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I like your idea of a single shared library very much. Is it possible to 
>> create such a library out of SLICOT upon package installation? It would be 
>> nice if I could link it the same way as the BLAS and LAPACK libraries.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Lukas
>
> PS: I would like to include the archive slicot.tar.gz [1] in my package. 
> Then, upon package installation, it should be unpacked and compiled to a 
> library I can link to. Until now, I have to add all files by hand, which is 
> quite ugly [2].
>
> Lukas
>
> [1] SLICOT Library
> http://www.slicot.org/shared/slicot.tar.gz
>
> [2] Makefile of the control package
> http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/control/src/Makefile?revision=9513&view=markup
>

I'd say as long as you write the appropriate Makefile, you can do
whatever you want.

Michael.