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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2013-04-06 10:51:57 -0400
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2013-04-06 10:51:57 -0400
commit6a52395ed14e0bda22be3fc0819e4507a71278e1 (patch)
treecd59a458726d2b307288cc627d7643d085fde574 /doc
parent29cd1e9699d1101444920827b412191e0f92e1e1 (diff)
downloadgunmake-6a52395ed14e0bda22be3fc0819e4507a71278e1.tar.gz
Clarify LDFLAGS vs. LDLIBS. Fixes Savannah bug #37970.
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-rw-r--r--doc/make.texi6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 2fe7aa6..dffa14d 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -9377,14 +9377,16 @@ Extra flags to give to the SCCS @code{get} program.
@item LDFLAGS
@vindex LDFLAGS
Extra flags to give to compilers when they are supposed to invoke the linker,
-@samp{ld}.
+@samp{ld}, such as @code{-L}. Libraries (@code{-lfoo}) should be
+added to the @code{LDLIBS} variable instead.
@item LDLIBS
@vindex LDLIBS
@vindex LOADLIBES
Library flags or names given to compilers when they are supposed to
invoke the linker, @samp{ld}. @code{LOADLIBES} is a deprecated (but
-still supported) alternative to @code{LDLIBS}.
+still supported) alternative to @code{LDLIBS}. Non-library linker
+flags, such as @code{-L}, should go in the @code{LDFLAGS} variable.
@item LFLAGS
@vindex LFLAGS