At Tuesday 20 July 2010, Wesley Smith wrote: > > luadir = $(LUA_DIR) > > lua_LTLIBRARIES = cairo.la > > ok, one more thing. I understand what's going on with the above > code with *dir matching *_LTLIBRARIES, but before you posted that > code, I had not idea that such things were possible. In other > words, I thought lib_LTLIBRARIES was a single variable name, not a > name broken up in to parts that are associated with other data by > what names their parts have. > > Trying to find some documentation about this, it seems to be > scattered throughout the manual. I see _LTLIBRARIES in the > General Index B, but nothing about dir. Any pointers in the docs > where I can read more about how these variables are associated > with each other? Maybe these can help (please read them in the order given here): <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Uniform.html> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/A-Library.html> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/A-Shared-Library.html> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Libtool-Libraries.html>
Regards, Stefano
