I modify an existing program to add the opportunity to load plugins. They will be small '.so' files (not ".a") loaded by dlopen. The program uses automake.
Reading automake's documentation, I cannot find an easy way to use it. The node "Programs and libraries" about primaries talk only of: >Use the `PROGRAMS' primary for programs, `LIBRARIES' for libraries, >and `LTLIBRARIES' for Libtool libraries None is convenient: PROGRAMS are not compiled with the proper flags and LIBRARIES have naming rules I disagree with (`dummy.so' is not a standard library name"). Reading <URL:http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2000-08/msg00015.html>, which had no reply, it seems there is no solution in the Automake framework.
