Re: Linking problems with gcc 4.6.1 and GNUstep trunk

[Riccardo Mottola]

On 02/21/12 09:29, Wolfgang Lux wrote:
> I would say this is the expected behavior. The XXX_LDFLAGS variables are 
> supposed to provide library paths, i.e., -L options, but not libraries 
> themselves, i.e., -l options. These should be provided via a XXX_LIBS flags 
> (and if I'm not mistaken adserver_LIBS should do the job). The reason for this 
> separation is that for many linkers the order of arguments on the command line 
> matters. The problem with the initial version of your Makefile is that 
> -lAddresses appeared before ./obj/adserver.obj/adserver.m.o on the command line 
> and hence the library wasn't used to resolve undefined references in the object 
> file. The second version of the makefile gets the order of arguments right, 
> i.e., -LAddresses appears after ./obj/adserver.obj/adserver.m.o in the link 
> command line.

yes, adserver_LIBS should be fine.

I checked how ProjectCenter generates a makefile whe it depends on an 
installed Framework and I see this:

APP_NAME = Cartesius


# Libraries
#
Cartesius_LIBRARIES_DEPEND_UPON += -lOresmeKit

now this exceed my gnustep-make knwoledge by a far stretch :)

Riccardo