On Nov 25, 2000, Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Do I have to use some macro in configure.in to fill $(LINK) with GNU ld?
Alexandre> automake should define it to `$(LIBTOOL) $(CC/CXX)...'.
Alexandre> Maybe it only does this when there is at least one source
Alexandre> file to compile in the current directory?
> Yeah, that's how it works. I realize this is less than good. Can you
> suggest how it ought to work?
I think the current behavior is fine, since it is indeed invalid to
create a library or libtool archive out of no source files. However,
we might output a warning (or even an error) if we find a request to
create a library out of no source files.
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