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On 07/04/2010 00:24, Robrecht Dewaele wrote:

> $ LDFLAGS=-lpopt make options

  Only put flags in LDFLAGS.  Put libs in LDLIBS.  The default rule is

> %: %.c
> #  commands to execute (built-in):
> 	$(LINK.c) $^ $(LOADLIBES) $(LDLIBS) -o $@

and LINK.c embeds LDFLAGS.  On ELF platforms where command-line order of
linker inputs doesn't matter so much, it'll often work to put -l options in
LDFLAGS, but it's not portable to PE platforms like Windows/Cygwin where the
libraries have to come last on the command-line.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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