Re: LIBOBJS warning in documentation no longer required?

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Oct 15, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:

> Colin Watson wrote:
> > Should this paragraph be removed from the documentation, and  
> > perhaps be
> > replaced
>
> Yes, this is old doc. I'm replacing it like this:
>
> 2007-10-15  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
>
>         * doc/gnulib-tool.texi (Initial import): Swap order of -I directives.
>         Replace paragraph talking about LIBOBJS.
>         Reported by Colin Watson <address@hidden>.
>
> *** doc/gnulib-tool.texi.orig   2007-10-15 15:50:18.000000000 +0200
> --- doc/gnulib-tool.texi        2007-10-15 15:48:29.000000000 +0200
> ***************
> *** 239,253 ****
[...]
> --- 239,252 ----
>   @samp{_GNU_SOURCE} may be ineffective, or may have only a limited
>   effect, if defined after the first system header file is included.
>
> ! Finally, note that you can not use @code{AC_LIBOBJ} or
> ! @code{AC_REPLACE_FUNCS} in your @file{configure.ac} and expect the
> ! resulting object files to be automatically added to @file{lib/ 
> libgnu.a}.
> ! This is because your @code{AC_LIBOBJ} and @code{AC_REPLACE_FUNCS}  
> invocations
> ! from @file{configure.ac} augment a variable @code{@@LIBOBJS@@}  
> (and/or
> ! @code{@@LTLIBOBJS@@} if using Libtool), whereas @file{lib/libgnu.a}
> ! is build from the contents of a different variable, usually

s/build/built/

> ! @code{@@gl_LIBOBJS@@} (or @code{@@gl_LTLIBOBJS@@} is using Libtool).
>
>
>   @node Modified imports

Cheers,

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Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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