On Mon, 13 May 2013 13:40:37 -0400
Nick Bowler <nbow...@elliptictech.com> wrote:

> On 2013-05-13 14:49 +0200, Cojocaru Alexandru wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I would like to compile both a program and a library from the same
> > source file. This is what I have inside src/Makefile.am:
> > 
> > lib_LTLIBRARIES = libex.la
> > libex_la_SOURCES = src/ex.c
> > include_HEADERS = src/ex.h
> > 
> > AM_CPPFLAGS += -DSTANDALONE
> > 
> > bin_PROGRAMS = ex
> > ex_SOURCES = src/ex.c src/ex.h
> > 
> > I would like to build first the library and then after defining STANDALONE
> > the program.
> > 
> > Is this possible? I even tried ex_SHORTNAME hoping that it would rename
> > the object, but it didn't work.
> 
> Automake supports separate CPPFLAGS for each program or library, see
> ยง8.4 "Program and Library Variables" of the Automake manual[1].
> 
> Essentially, instead of setting -DSTANDALONE in AM_CPPFLAGS, you would
> set it in the CPPFLAGS for ex, for example:
> 
>   ex_CPPFLAGS = -DSTANDALONE
> 

It works, thanks!


Best regards,
Cojocaru Alexandru

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