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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: Anyone want to look at a libtool problem? ;-)
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-31 16:26:51
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Mosfet wrote:
> 
> Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >
> > Mosfet wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi. As the earlier logs show I ported kdvi to KParts/Konq. In doing this
> > > I needed to make most of it a shared library (libkdvi) and I hacked the
> > > Makefile.am to link to the kpathsea static library in the kdvi
> > > directory.
> > >
> > > Regretfully, my hack didn't work - it's linking to the system kpathsea
> > > library and everything I try makes libtool error with "Cannot link to
> > > non-libtool objects". KPathsea doesn't use libtool tho and is built
> > > static so I am hurting with this. Can anyone look at it?
> > >
> > > BTW: The shared library libkdvi *must* be the one linked to kpathsea,
> > > *not* the kdvi executable.
> > >
> > It's simple as: there is no way to link a module against a static
> > library. When I spoke with Torben about this flaw in canossa, he
> > said something like "Tja" :)
> >
> > The fix is simple: rewrite kpathsea's Makefile to use noinst_LTLIBRARIES
> >
> 
> Maybe simple to you ;-) It doesn't use Makefile.am, how do I do that?
> Myself, David, and Simon all looked at it and are lost :(
> 
Anfaenger! :)

Greetings, Stephan

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