Re: Crazy Makefile

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 22 Feb 2005, at 07:31, James Sodini wrote:

> Hey all, I'm trying to do a really big project using the GNUstep base
> libraries. Basically my school is competing in the DARPA grand
> challenge, and my senior project is to write the majority of the
> software for it. I'm using Objective-C with the GNUstep base so I can
> easily move between Mac OS X and Linux seemlessly (that and the
> retain/release methods are just too helpful). My only complaint is
> this crazy makefile system that is forced on me.

I don't think 'crazy' is a term calculated to get you a lot of help ... 
as
most people view the makefile system as a major asset of GNUstep
(to the point where some use it on MacOS-X to build Cocoa projects)
and would characterise it as user friendly, simple, and powerful.
Might I suggest you use 'unfamiliar' rather than 'crazy'

>  What I'm trying to do
> is compile some code using the sqlite3 library. I was hoping someone
> in here could help me figure out how to include a library to be
> compiled in the GNUmakefile,

There are ways to include the library with everything, or with 
particular
libraries, bundles or executables.  The variables you set to do these 
things
are documented in the 'Documentation' subdirectory (unless you have an
old version of the package).

For instance, if you are building tools, you might add a line like
ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS = -lsqlite3

> or better yet, bypass the makefile
> altogether.

Bad idea ...  the makefiles package will reward you by making life much 
easier
if you let it.