Hi, I build my library with GNU autotools and link to it with the pkg-config --uninstalled option without installing it. In this case a la-file (libmhgui.la) is created. I've some problems to understand how libtool generated the dependency_libs field. In my package is a --with-x/--without-x option from AC_PATH_X. But the la-file has the X libraries in its dependency_libs field. So how does libtool generate this field?
see this file build on Gentoo Linux: # libmhgui.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.22 (1.1220.2.365 2005/12/18 22:14:06) ... # Libraries that this one depends upon. dependency_libs=' -L/tmp/animorph/lib /tmp/animorph/lib/libanimorph.la /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/libstdc++.la -L/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin -L/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/l ib /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/../../..//libglut.la /usr/lib/libGL.la -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libGLU.la -lXxf86vm / usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/../../..//libGLU.la -lGL -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lXt -lXi -lpthread /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686- pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/../../..//libGL.la -lX11 -lXext -ldl -lpng /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6//libstdc++.la' I don't like the link to -lX* if I use --without-x! And it's interesting that if I build the same application on Debian, I get another (working!!) libmhgui.la: # libmhgui.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.6 (1.1220.2.95 2004/04/11 05:50:42) Debian: 224 $ ... # Libraries that this one depends upon. dependency_libs=' /home/andreas/src/MakeHuman/cvs/animorph/src/libanimorph.la -l glut -lGLU -lGL -lpng This is what I expect for dependency_libs! So why is the result on Gentoo wrong? Please pay attention to the different libtool versions. May this be a problem? And in the Debian case is also a relink_command field in libmhgui.la. Please try to explain me this libtool magic. regards Andreas _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
