I wrote:
> Jonathan McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The comp.unix.programmer FAQ (Section 6.2) suggests that to build static
> > libraries out of other static libraries you should use the original
> > object files.
> >
> > I've attached the output of a "make" on my system with a clean 0.1.20.
> > Also the output of "./configure" in case that's of use.
>
> But apprearantly I changed that some time ago. I don't know what is
> the best way to handle this; should object files that are needed on
> some platforms but not others be included in liblsh.a, or linked into
> the executables later?
I think the following patch to src/Makefile.am.in should restore the
old behaviour. Can you try if it works for you?
/Niels
--- Makefile.am.in 1999/12/09 22:16:35 1.69
+++ Makefile.am.in 1999/12/28 14:19:09
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
translate_signal.c tty.c twofish.c unpad.c userauth.c \
werror.c write_buffer.c xalloc.c zlib.c
-liblsh_a_LIBADD = @LIBOBJS@
+# liblsh_a_LIBADD = @LIBOBJS@
atoms_defines.h: atoms.in process_atoms
$(BASH) $(srcdir)/process_atoms header <$(srcdir)/atoms.in
>$@T
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
# $(PERL) $(top_srcdir)/misc/mk-reverse-table ssh.h >$@T
# if test -s $@T ; then mv -f $@T $@ ; else touch $@ ; fi
-LDADD = liblsh.a symmetric/libsymmetric.a
+LDADD = liblsh.a symmetric/libsymmetric.a @LIBOBJS@
# Is this rule needed?
# all-recursive check-recursive: config.h
