On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > > Actually, now that you point it out, I would hit that problem myself, since m4 > has normal _LTLIBRARIES, noinst_LTLIBRARIES and modules. I would be happy if > I could do this: > > ~ AM_LDFLAGS = everything gets these > ~ noinst_LTLIBRARIES_LDFLAGS = these are for convenience libs > ~ lib_LTLIBRARIES_LDFLAGS = these are for other libtool libs > ~ libm4_la_LDFLAGS = but I can override non module libs individually > > That is, I think target specific flags should override PRIMARY group flags, > not be in addition to them.
I tend to disagree with you on this point. I will agree if the system has three levels plus a way to provide overrides. For example, if the user configures like ./configure LDFLAGS=-lbar then I believe that this user-requested value should be applied to all targets. Likewise, the configure script may want to contribute some common LDFLAGS parameters. Automake should support o inheritance of standard configure flags o flags common across all targets o additional flags common to a grouping of targets o additional flags specific to just one target o a way to override common flags at any level. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
