Re: installable gnulib library

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bruno,

On 11 Oct 2010, at 09:19, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>> - You want to install the library, which can be done by specifying to
>>   gnulib-tool a module (via --local-dir) which contains
>>     lib_LTLIBRARIES = libposix.la
>>   When gnulib-tool sees this declaration in a module, it will not emit
>>     noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libposix.la
> 
> Okay, thanks.


Hmm... wait a minute.  Instead of gnulib/libposix/gnulib-local/modules/libposix
to get the lib_LTLIBRARIES declaration, don't you think it's cleaner to have
a first-class libposix module in gnulib proper:

gnulib/modules/libposix:

  Description:
  Wrap up all the posix modules into an installable libposix.la.

  Files:

  Depends-on:
  `posix-modules`

  configure.ac:

  Makefile.am:
  lib_LTLIBRARIES = libposix.la

  Include:

  License:
  LGPL

  Maintainer:
  Bruce Korb
  Gary V. Vaughan

Does it make sense to maintain the list of libposix dependencies right
here too?  What is the posix-modules script for... I'm assuming it is
used for other things than just libposix?

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (address@hidden)

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