[csw-maintainers] libtool, compiling shared lib

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 05.10.2009 um 21:14 schrieb Philip Brown:
> Anyhone understand automake/libtool gobbldygook?
>
> I'm trying to compile something. It's libtool infested.
>
> I do a gmake. it builds something. but it only builds the libXXX.la
> It doesnt build the SHARED LIBRARY libXXX.so.x.y.z
>
> There are zero errors. it just doesnt build it. And I dont understand
> which target, out of the 100 or so in the stupid
> automake-generated-soup, to call for it.
>
> It makes the damn symlinks, .libs/libXXX.so.4 -> libXXX.so.4.0.0
>
> but no actual shared lib ? !!!
>
> I've hit this in MULTIPLE software things now and am lost for words.

If you were using SVN I would say "just commit your work and post the  
URL",
now I say "where is the directory so I can have a look" ;-)


Best regards

   -- Dago