Re: AM_PROG_CC_C_O?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> > > > "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Bob> Since libtool is used to build all objects, is
> Bob> AM_PROG_CC_C_O and the "compile" script really necessary?
>
> Try upgrading to current CVS Automake, it should show you the location
> and the name of one file that is built with -c -o without libtool.

I see.  Very nice!  My assertion that libtool was used to build all 
objects in my project was incorrect.  Libtool is used to build objects 
for libraries, but *not* for objects directly used to build 
executables.

For those curious to see the error message CVS Automake now produces, 
this is the message it generated for me:

tests/Makefile.am:17: compiling `tests/constitute.c' in subdir 
requires `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' in `configure.ac' Makefile.am:122: 
`tests/Makefile.am' included from here

Bob
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