Hi, On 2017-11-20, Thomas Martitz <ku...@rockbox.org> wrote: > here's some quite annoying warning. I'm trying to define a variable > TEST_LDFLAGS that multiple programs use. There is no program named TEST. > The same works fine with TEST_CFLAGS (i.e. no warning is displayed). > > Here's the warning: > > Makefile.am:4: warning: variable 'TEST_LDFLAGS' is defined but no program > or > Makefile.am:4: library has 'TEST' as canonical name (possible typo)
I'm surprised there is no warning with CFLAGS; it appears this warning is issued for mumble_SOURCES, LIBADD, LDADD, LDFLAGS and DEPENDENCIES only. > Here's the Makefile.am > > TEST_CFLAGS = -g > TEST_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,defs > > bin_PROGRAMS = test > > test_CFLAGS = $(TEST_CFLAGS) > test_LDFLAGS = $(TEST_LDFLAGS) > > Is this known? Is there a workaround? Can I ignore the warning? If you were to later add a program called TEST, then the results could be surprising. But you can certainly ignore the warning if you'd like. Alternately you can perhaps use a different name that does not conflict with the Automake naming structure. Perhaps LDFLAGS_FOR_TEST? You can disable the warning outright with -Wno-syntax (but this might disable more than you'd like). Finally, this warning is not issued for variables substituted by configure. Cheers, Nick
