Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: >>>>"Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Gary> So does that simply mean that libtool objects can be correctly built > Gary> as subdir-objects without AM_PROG_CC_C_O? Sorry to bug you, just > Gary> making sure I understand why you made the patch the way you did... > > The purpose of AM_PROG_CC_C_O is to replace CC by the `compile' > script which emulates a compiler that supports `-c -o' when the > real CC does not. As you pointed out, libtool already supplies such > emulation, so `compile' is never needed when compiling lo files.
Okay. But for a project built with `make -j', we still need AM_PROG_CC_C_O
and _LT_COMPILER_C_O to understand each others' locks :-(
> [...]
>
> Gary> Meant to ask, why doesn't AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (conditionally if
> Gary> necessary) simply invoke AM_PROG_CC_C_O?
>
> We know it's needed only after processing the Makefile.am files.
Why not invoke it anyway?
Cheers,
Gary.
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