On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 23:11, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 10:33:40PM -0500, Stephen Torri wrote: > > I am just posting this to make sure I understand the difference between > > these: > > > > AM_CFLAGS - compile time flags > > AM_CPPFLAGS - preprocessor flags (e.g. -I, -D) > > AM_LDFLAGS - linker flags (e.g. -L) > > Yes. > > > I am working on a project that is updating its Makefile.am files. I see > > a variety of flags in one variable like CFLAGS contains -I and -F flags > > for example. I was wondering what is the advantage of doing this with > > automake variables? > > Are you asking what is the advantage of separating them as automake > does? I guess the advantage is that automake uses, e.g. LDFLAGS for > linking lines where generic CFLAGS (-O, -g) might upset the linker.
Yes. What is the advantage of separating them? Stephen
