How does one compile in a "make check" test?

[Bruce Korb]

Hi,

I need to be able to create a source file and compile the thing
in my "make check" testing.  Unfortunately, I have no need for
compiling anything in the "test" directory via "make", so the
Makefile.am has no:  mumble_PROGRAMS stuff in it.  Consequently,
there are no compile rules in the Makefile, either.  What is the
recommended way of convincing libtool that it should compile a
program linking against libraries that can be in any of various
places?  What I have been trying does not work on some platforms,
though it seems to work on most:

> + gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -DTEST_TEST_NESTED_OPTS 
> -I/local/build/autogen-5.8 -I/local/build/autogen-5.8/agen5 
> -I/local/build/autogen-5.8/autoopts -I/usr/local/include -o nested 
> nested.c /local/build/autogen-5.8/autoopts/.libs/libopts.a 
> /local/build/autogen-5.8/autoopts/.libs/libguileopts.a -Wl,-R 
> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-L/usr/local/lib -lguile -lguile-ltdl 
> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -lcrypt -lm
> /usr/local/lib: file not recognized: File format not recognized
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> + failure cannot compile nested.c


Thanks! Regards, - Bruce