Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ Cc:ing bug-libtool ] > > Hello Ed,
Howdy Ralf! > Several comments: first, this comment is not written if libtool gets the > option --silent. With the next Automake release, the user will be able > to use > configure LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent > > or > make LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent > > to avoid much of libtool's blabla, and the developer will be able to set > AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent But can this be done now? That is, can I somehow send the --silent to libtool now? > in his Makefile.am. But I agree that in the static case, the notice is > wrong. It's not completely superfluous, but maybe only something like > this would suffice: > > | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Libraries have been installed in: > | /shecky/n3_new/install/lib > | > | If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries > | in a given directory, LIBDIR, you can use libtool, and specify > | the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR' > | flag during linking. > | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Or would people prefer that nothing be output in this case? Either way would be fine by me. > Somewhat independently though, I also think that, when a package has > many directories and many makefiles from which libraries are installed, > then it would be neater to only output this blurb once, or at most once > per installation directory. Or aggregated, as in: > > | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Libraries have been installed in: > | /shecky/n3_new/install/lib > | /shecky/n3_new/install/lib64 > | > | Modules have been installed in: > | /shecky/n3_new/install/lib/foopkg/ > [...] > > I don't see a trivial way to do this in Automake/Libtool yet, but I > suppose it could be solved at the same time as the inter-makefile > library-installation-order issue is solved. Well, no need to get too fancy. Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
