Re: Additional libs - missing log?

[Helge Hess]

Hi,

"Philippe C.D. Robert" wrote:
> when specifying
> 
> someName_ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib
> 
> in the GNUmakefile, -lalib is not 'mentioned' anywhere when compiling. But 
> when

The correct name is
  ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS
not
  someName_ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS

It's a makefile-level variable.

> someName_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib

This is correct.

> is used, -lalib gets perfectly listed. Why this - what is the difference? 
> Which
> one should be used? Right now I use the first one in tools generated by
> ProjectCenter - should I change it?

That's very easy. Usually only use 'someName_TOOL_LIBS +='.

ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS can be used to avoid redundancy in the case that
you build several tools with one makefile, eg:

instead of:
TOOL_NAME = a b c
a_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib
b_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib -lblib
c_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib

you can use
TOOL_NAME = a b c
b_TOOL_LIBS += -lblib
ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS += -lalib

Helge