>>> "Albert" == Albert Chin <autoconf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Albert> If a program has; Albert> 1. Makefile.in's in each directory Albert> 2. AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR(lib) in the top-level configure.ac Albert> then how do subdirectory Makefile.in's make use of @LIBOBJ@? They do not. Only lib/Makefile.in is expected to use @LIBOBJS@. Create a library if you want to use these objects elsewhere. (The Automake manual has a section about this.) Albert> @LIBOBJ@ contains relative paths, rather than something Albert> looking like $(top_builddir)/lib/func.o. AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR only tells configure where to find the source files some tests need. It has nothing to do with how @LIBOBJS@ is filled. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf