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task #14157: Installed script for automatic linking using Libtool

Submitter:  Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>
Submitted:  Fri 16 Sep 2016 05:34:55 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Fri 16 Sep 2016 03:00:00 PM UTC Should be Finished on:  Fri 16 Sep 2016 03:00:00 PM UTC
Category:  Libraries Priority:  5 - Normal
Item Group:  Enhancement Status:  Postponed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Percent Complete:  30% Open/Closed:  Open
Effort:  0.00

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Fri 16 Sep 2016 05:34:55 PM UTC, original submission:  

With a recent commit, the "Automatic linking script" subsection was added to the "Libraries". A small shell function is introduced in this section for using Libtool to automatically link with all the necessary libraries Gnuastro depends on. The function is shown below, (to be put in `.bashrc' and after correcting PREFIX)


function gnuastro-gcc {
  libtool --mode=link gcc $1.c $2 PREFIX/lib/libgnuastro.la -o $1
}


With this shell function instead of running something like this (in the extreme case where all libraries would be necessary):


$ gcc myprog.c -o myprog -lgnuastro -lwcs -lcfitsio -lgsl -lgslcblas -pthread -lm


You can just run (see the subsection for a little more detailed explanation):


$ gnuastro-gcc myprog


Libtool's `libgnuastro.la' has all the necessary information for correct linking, we (the user) doesn't have to memorize them (or look them up in the manual).

Here, I am proposing to create this script when running `make install' and installing it along with the rest of Gnuastro. In the installed script we can use environment variables like `CPPFLAGS', `LDADD' or etc, along with all the extra information that `./configure' has found (like the compiler) to allow people to build small Gnuastro programs much more easier.

Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>
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