Dear list members,
To bring up an issue that has been brought up to this list at least since 1999 and never provided a satisfactory result.
I want to be able to set AR and ARFLAGS using automake.
No discussion possible and I am not even going to discuss why because that doesn't seem to help in any way.
I have contributed a solution to this list that never got included.
After that I found a way around this problem, but the bright minds that develop automake have decided to remove that functionality also.
Now I ended up with a Freeware project that could be compiled on some platforms, but only if certain versions of automake are installed.
I find this very unprofessional and hence I demand a solution that works out of the box until the end of time.
I've tried to put this a kind as possible but I see no reason for actually doing so.
Again, you *have* to provide a way to set AR and ARFLAGS using automake and I am *not* discussing why anymore. That's just a waste of time. If you want to know how to it that, search the archives.
Have a nice day.
Erik Hofman Software developer for FlightGear Flight Simulator. C++ developer on IRIX.