Hi, Kaz Kylheku (gmake) (2021/01/14 03:37 -0800): > On 2021-01-14 02:45, Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > > Dear autoconf and make users, > > I suspect mailing list cross-posting doesn't work well in an > age in which mailing lists don't accept postings from non-subscribers > due to the spam problem. I'm subscribed to both lists, so I was expecting my mail to reach both of them. I did realise that the responses of people on one list wouldn't be seen on the other one, if thosepeople were not subscribed to both lists. > > The status of the LIBS and LDLIBS variables is unclear to me. > > > > Do both of them have a conventional meanings, or are they just > > alternatives for the same thing, namely giving libraries that should be > > passed to the ld linker? > > > > ./configure --help refers to LIBS but in make's manual it's LDLIBS which > > is mentionned and the GNU coding standard at > > https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/index.html does not help... > > The GNU make manual is clear about this: [...] Did you read my question properly? I mentionned the *LIBS* variable. Try to run ./configure --help, you'll see what I mean. My question is: between LIBS and LDLIBS, which one is a build system supposed to honour? Sébastien.
