Hello Braden, Russell, * Braden McDaniel wrote on Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 08:27:07PM CEST: > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 03:49 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: > > > > I want it to be like: > > > > System_LTLIBRARIES = modules/System/system.la > > modules_System_system_la_SOURCES = modules/System/system.c > > modules_System_system_la_LDFLAGS = -module > > > > That makes "modules/System/system.la" ok, but it still puts > > system.o and system.lo in the top level src directory.
The latter feature is governed by the Automake option subdir-objects. Note that the option has existed for a long time, but its functionality has been improved lately, e.g., for non-C sources. See the NEWS file for details. > Look again. That's entirely inconsistent with my experience with > automake's (1.10) behavior. The object file generated from the above > should be "modules/System/modules_System_system_la-system.lo". Then you have subdir-objects set. > > That means the program won't work in the uninstalled state, > > because dlopen is looking for system.o as modules/System/system.o. > > That seems unlikely. dlopen should be looking for system.so. I don't > imagine it cares about the location of system.o. I agree with Braden here, dlopen should not care about object positions and things should work with subdir-objects and without. If you have a failure setup, please show us how to reproduce it. Cheers, Ralf
