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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Makefile.am problem
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-12-11 11:44:32
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On Monday, 10. December 2001 13:45, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> Why does this not work? It's from kdepim/kalarmd/Makefile.am.
(Tss, taking one day off and suddenly Cornelius lacks all automake knowledge 
:)
>
>   lib_LTLIBRARIES = libkalarmd.la
>
>   libkalarmd_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_RPATH)
>   libkalarmd_la_LIBADD  = $(LIB_KDECORE)
>   libkalarmd_la_SOURCES =  alarmdaemoniface.stub
>
> The generated Makefile contains the following line, which fails, because
> $(LINK) is empty:
>
>   libkalarmd.la: $(libkalarmd_la_OBJECTS) $(libkalarmd_la_DEPENDENCIES)
> 	$(LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libkalarmd_la_LDFLAGS) $(libkalarmd_la_OBJECTS)
> $(libkalarmd_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)

The reason is simple: automake can't find out what language you're using. the 
replacement for .stub is done after automake ran. If you point automake to 
the language in adding a dummy.cc file in the _SOURCES line, it will work

Greetings, Stephan
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