> > What about adding a test to find out the extension of (static) > > libraries? Having a LIBEXT variable would be quite helpful. > > [...] you can alternatively use the gnulib module havelib (which > will use the logic in the config.rpath file to set libext).
This looks very promising, thanks! How shall someone find that? This gnulib module lacks *any* documentation (and I follow the git repository almost daily). Werner