On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Tom Tromey wrote:
"tom" == tom fogal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
tom> Basically I'd like each module to build their own libtool convenience
tom> library, and then have /src/Makefile.am link all of those modules'
tom> convenience libraries into one that is the union of all of them.
Do you really want each separate convenience library, or is that just
inertia? I ask because if you don't want separate ones, the task
becomes even simpler.
This is a very good point. Convenience libraries are really an
artifact of recursive builds. When using a non-recursive build, the
rules to generate all targets is known at once and there is not much
value associated with using convenience libraries. You can choose to
put the built objects in the same relative directory as the sources,
or they can be put somewhere else. Likewise, built libraries can be
put wherever you want in the tree.
While the former version of GraphicsMagick uses a recursive build and
convenience libraries, the use of convenience libraries was easily
eliminated due to the switch to a non-recursive build.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
