Re: Make, LDFLAGS, library, wrong order?

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> I want to setup a makefile for a newbie user, so that all of his C files
> (that use math) compile and link OK. I was hoping to do that by simply
> creating a Makefile with only the line "LDFLAGS=-lm", but then the
> compiler is called with
> 
>   cc -lm file.c -o file
> 
> i.e., the wrong order (-lm should have appeared at the end of the commandline).

Dammit, only seconds after posting, I see the answer:

File: make.info,  Node: Catalogue of Rules

   Linking a single object file
   	`N' is made automatically from `N.o' by running the linker
   	(usually called `ld') via the C compiler.  The precise command
   	used is `$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) N.o $(LOADLIBES)'.

i.e., I wanted LOADLIBES, and this works.

That does mean there's a bug in 
  File: make.info,  Node: Implicit Variables
as that node doesn't mention that LOADLIBES.

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