Re: .lai files

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Patrick Welche wrote:

> I'm trying to debug the libsasl make install error:
>
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsasldb.lai 
> /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.la
> install: .libs/libsasldb.lai: stat: No such file or directory
>
> but I can't seem to find any documentation on where/when a .lai is created.
> (Just a reference in autobook)
>
> My guess is that it may have to do with plugins/Makefile.am:
>
> libsasldb_la_LIBADD = ../sasldb/libsasldb.la $(SASL_DB_LIB) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
>
> libsasldb.la being built in a neighbouring directory.
>
> Have you any hints on where to look?

Libtool writes many files to a hidden '.libs' directory.  Since the 
.lai file does not exist, perhaps there is an ordering error in your 
makefile?

Automake is a powerful tool, but there are some things it just does 
not handle completely.  One of those things is library build and 
install order.

Bob
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