On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:33 AM, John Calcote <john.calc...@gmail.com> wrote: > (PIC-based static only) library is to use the "noinst" prefix. But libtool > can be used to manually install a convenience library, so you could use > libtool to do this in an install-exec-local rule in the Makefile.am file > that builds (for instance) libhello.a (untested): > > install-exec-local: > libtool --mode=install ./install-sh -c libhello.a > $(DESTDIR)$(lib)/libhello.a > > This example came from the libtool manual (modified slightly for Automake > context).
ohh this is interesting. Isn't this breaking `make uninstall' and thus `make distcheck'? Would it be possible (better/suited/correct) to have some lib_LIBRARIES=libother.a with a custom build rule that simply copies the file? Then make install/uninstall could work, but maybe this breaks other things? oki, Steffen
