> I'm not distinguishing between dynamic & static. Libraries are libraries.
I suppose you are correct. That's supposed to be the whole purpose of libtool after all. Anyway, as you suggested, I'm focusing on: libgather_la_LIBADD = lib1/libgoodbye1.la lib2/libgoodbye2.la Now, the only relevant difference in my configure.in compared to your example was the use of AC_PROG_LIBTOOL instead of AM_PROG_LIBTOOL, which I corrected, and still during the final make: make[2]: Entering directory `/offline/MyWork/Code/C/gnu_build_sys/src' rpath /tmp/k/lib lib1/libgoodbye1.la lib2/libgoodbye2.la make[2]: rpath: Command not found make[2]: [libgather.la] Error 127 (ignored) What is rpath, really? I've never come across it before. In the autobook it appears as if it is just a parameter for libtool which confines searching for dynamic libraries in a particular directory. Why does the Makefile try to call it as a program/script? All this when I am in the following situation (to make things clear): configure.in --------------- AC_INIT(src/prog/hello.c) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello, 1.0) AC_PROG_CC AM_PROG_LIBTOOL AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile src/prog/Makefile src/lib1/Makefile src/lib2/Makefile) Makefile.am ----------------- AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign SUBDIRS = src . src/Makefile.am ------------- SUBDIRS = lib1 lib2 . lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgather.la libgather_la_SOURCES = libgather_la_LIBADD = lib1/libgoodbye1.la lib2/libgoodbye2.la src/lib1/Makefile.am ------------- noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libgoodbye1.la libgoodbye1_la_SOURCES = goodbye1.c src/lib2/Makefile.am ------------- noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libgoodbye2.la libgoodbye1_la_SOURCES = goodbye2.c It's just a couple of files, I know, but I can't seem to get this thing rolling! :-(
