hi, hope this arrives well, if it's too easy such is life. However, I found a good link for my problem which doesn't work. I want to statically compile into my final executable a library (libpqxx.a -- the c++ postgresql client lib) but can't find the Makefile.am "directive" to do so.
The book by Vaugn says: `_LIBADD' Like `_LDADD', but used for static libraries and not programs. However, it returns with src/Makefile.am:6: use `dict_cgi_LDADD', not `dict_cgi_LIBADD' src/Makefile.am:6: unused variable: `dict_cgi_LIBADD' Oh, BTW fedora core 2 automake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache]# rpm -qa | grep automake automake16-1.6.3-2 automake17-1.7.9-2 automake14-1.4p6-9 automake-1.8.3-1 automake15-1.5-10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache]# Oh, BTW the Makefile.am is: bin_PROGRAMS = dict.cgi dict_cgi_SOURCES = main.cpp user.cpp dictionary.cpp common.cpp dict_cgi_LDADD = -lcgi -lsession bindir= @CGIDIR@ INCLUDES = -I/usr/local/pqxx/include/ dict_cgi_LIBADD=/usr/local/pqxx/lib/libpqxx.a install-data-am: cp -p data/english.box $(bindir); cp -p data/french.box $(bindir); cp -p data/german.box $(bindir); cp -p data/korean.box $(bindir); cp -p data/japanese.box $(bindir); cp -p data/spanish.box $(bindir); ~ thanks and muchas gracias desde texas joe -- joe speigle www.sirfsup.com