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Re: program target missing $(EXEEXT)
- To: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Subject: Re: program target missing $(EXEEXT)
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at lsd dot ic dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 28 Mar 2001 20:10:35 -0300
- Cc: "edward" <tailbert at yahoo dot com>, "Akim Demaille" <akim at epita dot fr>, <automake at gnu dot org>
- List-Id: Discussion list for automake <automake.gnu.org>
- References: <EA18B9FA0FE4194AA2B4CDB91F73C0EF02E2B9@itdomain002.itdomain.net.au>
On Mar 28, 2001, "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:
>> From: edward [mailto:tailbert@yahoo.com]
>> development utilities like libtool *expect* the .exe to *not* be
>> explicitly tagged in the Makefiles. having .exe breaks libtools
>> usage of scripts to wrap applications which need a loader hint
This is a correct assessment. Maybe libtool should give up on
creating wrapper scripts, and start linking replacement executables
with similar effects?
> Isn't there a _SCRIPTS primary _for scripts_. That doesn't get
> $(EXEEXT) added to it at all. Perhaps the wrong target was being
> used?
Nope. automake can't tell in advance whether libtool will decide to
link the executable in-place or create a wrapper script.
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