Re: Partially Linked Objects

[Brian Ford <ford@vss.fsi.com>]

On 10 May 1999, Olly Betts wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use automake to build a partially linked object (ld -r on all
> the Unix platforms I need to support).  I've tried a few variations along
> the lines of:
> 
> noinst_DATA = partial.o
> 
> partial_o_SOURCES = partial1.c partial2.c
> 
> partial.o: $(partial_o_SOURCES)
>         ld -o $@ -r $(partial_o_OBJECTS)
> 
> But not had any success.
> 
> Is there a way of doing this?  In reality there are a couple of hundred
> sources, so I'm trying to avoid having to maintain a list of the sources and
> the objects separately.  Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
Two suggestions.  Use libtool convienence libraries, or do something like
this:

noinst_PROGRAMS = partial.o
partial_o_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) -r
partial_o_SOURCES = partial1.c partial2.c

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Brian Ford
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