On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Jordan H. <jorda...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > I'm using mysql in a program. Here is a snipped of my Makefile.am: > > project_LDADD += -lboost_thread > project_LDADD += -lboost_regex > project_LDADD += -lboost_system > > AM_LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib > AM_LDFLAGS += `mysql_config --libs_r` > AM_LDFLAGS += `mysql_config --include` > AM_LDFLAGS += -std=c++0x > AM_LDFLAGS += `mysql_config --cflags` > > When I compile the program, automake generated: > > g++ -g -O2 -L/usr/local/lib `mysql_config --libs_r` `mysql_config > --include` -std=c++0x > `mysql_config --cflags` -o /[ ... a bunch of .o files ... ]/ > -lboost_thread -lboost_regex > -lboost_system > > As expected, since g++ needs linker flags at the end I get a bunch of > compile errors saying the `mysql_*` functions don't exist. How do I > specify for the linker flags to go at the end? I tried to put them in > the project_LDADD macro but automake complained: > > Makefile.am:13: linker flags such as `--libs_r`' belong in > `project_LDFLAGS > > Which got me back to square one. I must be doing something wrong. Any > ideas? This has been bugging me for days. Thanks in advance.
You haven't said whether you've tried using project_LDFLAGS (you've used AM_LDFLAGS and project_LDADD). It might be easier if you wrote out the command you would like to be generated
