On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Andy Falanga (afalanga) <afala...@micron.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vincent Torri [mailto:vincent.to...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 10:44 AM >> To: Andy Falanga (afalanga) >> Cc: Thomas Jahns; automake@gnu.org >> Subject: Re: How to use ld options correctly for --whole-archive in >> automake and libtool >> >> > >> >> But what exactly is the problem with using e.g. ../Shared/HwMgmt/ >> >> libhwmgmt.la? That sata.so will then require libhwmgmt.so? libtool >> >> should be able to set sata.so's rpath such that libhwmgmt.so will be >> >> found at runtime. >> >> I would also use $(top_builddir) instead of relative path. It could >> help when building in another directory than the source one (like with >> make distcheck) >> > > Vincent, > > I am an automake/autotools neophyte. I have to plead ignorance at the use > of $(top_builddir). I've read some of what this variable is supposed to be > but I'm not sure. What is its value? How is used in the scripts?
something like : my_lib_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/Shared/HwMgmt/libhwmgmt.la Vincent Torri
