Gav Wood schrieb:
hi,
sorry if this email is just me being ignorant but i can't find an easy way of doing what i need - perhaps you could help.
i'm using automake for a project that implements a plugin system. it has a small, non-installed cradle (example) program for testing the library that it builds. because it's a plugin system it needs two other small non-installed shared libraries be built, to act as plugin examples for the test program.
i can build the non-installed program well using rules:
noinst_PROGRAMS = example
example_SOURCES = example.cpp
example_LDADD = libsucplugin.la
i can then build the two plugins as non-installed static libraries using rules:
noinst_LIBRARIES = libselfcat.a libunderline.a
however, they need to be shared. if i try using libtool:
noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libselfcat.la libunderline.la
i end up with two .la files and no linkable shared libraries.
any ideas?
I did never have any problems with making plugin modules, nor to test them before installation. First of all, I wonder why you don't use the "-module" flag of libtool, second there is wonder why noinst_, and third: what is in your .libs subdir and whether the (text-type) .la has anything suspicous that could point to misconfiguration (like using AC_DISABLE_SHARED in the configure.ac or some such, just doublechecking.) And last not least, if that is going to be a bug it might be worth knowing the version numbers of the autotools.
HTH, cheers, guido
