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automake-1.16: Libtool Libraries

 
 8.3.2 Building Libtool Libraries
 --------------------------------
 
 Automake uses libtool to build libraries declared with the ‘LTLIBRARIES’
 primary.  Each ‘_LTLIBRARIES’ variable is a list of libtool libraries to
 build.  For instance, to create a libtool library named ‘libgettext.la’,
 and install it in ‘libdir’, write:
 
      lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettext.la
      libgettext_la_SOURCES = gettext.c gettext.h ...
 
    Automake predefines the variable ‘pkglibdir’, so you can use
 ‘pkglib_LTLIBRARIES’ to install libraries in ‘$(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/’.
 
    If ‘gettext.h’ is a public header file that needs to be installed in
 order for people to use the library, it should be declared using a
 ‘_HEADERS’ variable, not in ‘libgettext_la_SOURCES’.  Headers listed in
 the latter should be internal headers that are not part of the public
 interface.
 
      lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettext.la
      libgettext_la_SOURCES = gettext.c ...
      include_HEADERS = gettext.h ...
 
    A package can build and install such a library along with other
 programs that use it.  This dependency should be specified using
 ‘LDADD’.  The following example builds a program named ‘hello’ that is
 linked with ‘libgettext.la’.
 
      lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettext.la
      libgettext_la_SOURCES = gettext.c ...
 
      bin_PROGRAMS = hello
      hello_SOURCES = hello.c ...
      hello_LDADD = libgettext.la
 
 Whether ‘hello’ is statically or dynamically linked with ‘libgettext.la’
 is not yet known: this will depend on the configuration of libtool and
 the capabilities of the host.
 

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