Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> writes: > * Karl-Andre' Skevik wrote on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:26:33AM CET: >> Ralf Wildenhues writes: >> > * Karl-Andre' Skevik wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:46:38AM CEST: >> >> I have an application that builds a library for use with LD_PRELOAD, >> >> which should only be built dynamically. I have used a modification >> >> like the one below to achieve this: > >> > Thanks for the report and patch. What does -all-dynamic bring you that >> > either of the following won't? > >> > - configure with --disable-static, >> >> The package also builds normal libraries that should be build both as >> static and dynamic, so this option can unfortunately not be used. > > OK. > >> > - add --tag=disable-static to AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS or libfoo_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS. >> >> At least with libtool 1.5.26 this does not appear to have any effect, >> a static library still gets built and installed. > > Libtool 1.5.26 is old, and the 1.5 branch not maintained any more. > We have arrived at 2.4, please consider updating. > > That said, I *think* that this should have worked with 1.5.x already; > but you need Automake >= 1.10 for support of the *_LIBTOOLFLAGS special > variables. I'm guessing that you have an older Automake, because the > following minimal example gets me a libfoo that is not built statically. > > Please report whether it does for you, and if you get a static libfoo.a, > please try to modify the example so it exposes the failure in your > setup.
Hello, with automake 1.10 that appears to work, thank you for your help. I tested previously with automake 1.9. Regards, Karl-Andre' Skevik Inferno Nettverk A/S
