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Re: Need a way to pass options to libtool

From: Albert Chin <automake at mlists dot thewrittenword dot com>
To: automake at gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:23:31 -0500
Subject: Re: Need a way to pass options to libtool
References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0405231516190.605-100000@scooby.simplesystems.org>
Reply-to: automake at gnu dot org

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 03:20:35PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> Currently Automake Makefiles include text like:
> 
> LTCXXCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CXX) $(DEFS) \
>         $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) \
>         $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
> 
> Notice that there is no means provided to add libtool specific
> options.  The only means available is for the user to cut-and-past
> this chunk into their Makefile.am so that it overrides Automake's
> default.  This has long term negative effects for Automake.

Why not:
  AM_CXXFLAGS += [your additions]

-- 
albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)

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