On 2023-02-04, Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake <bug-automake@gnu.org> wrote: > When automake is run, it warns: > > liba2ps/Makefile.am:63: warning: variable 'libnowarnings_a_LDFLAGS' is > defined but no program or > liba2ps/Makefile.am:63: library has 'libnowarnings_a' as canonical name > (possible typo) > > I don't understand this, because libnowarnings.a is defined as the > canonical name of a library.
Indeed, this message does not seem very accurate. What Automake is trying to tell you is that LDFLAGS is meaningless on a static library. This message could definitely be improved! > If in the first Makefile.am I change the convenience library > "libnowarnings.a" to a libtool library "libnowarnings.la", and add it > to noinst_LTLIBRARIES, and rename the other variables accordingly, > then again I get no warnings. Unlike with a static library, LDFLAGS is used with libtool libraries, so it is good that there is no warning. Cheers, Nick
