Folks,
it seems it has been already discussed that libtool should use a different set of link flags if compiling a static library, especially for libraries that come without a corresponding `.la' file, cf. this thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-05/msg00068.html Such a feature would be useful in combination with `pkg-config', which has the `--static' command line option to give such a different set. What's the current state? As an example, let's assume that my library uses libpng. If I'm going to statically link to it, I need to add `-lz' and `-lm'. From where do I get this information for static linking if I want to use libtool for building my own library? I've read that it would be better to not specify `-lz' and `-lm' while building a shared library to avoid built-in references. I know that `pkg.m4' currently has no support for `--static' either (which is a bug, I think), but calling pkg-config manually is not rocket science... Werner _______________________________________________ https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
