Subject: Re: bug#78411: LDADD vs. LDFLAGS
From: Karl Berry <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 15:43:00 -0600
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

If you need to link against libraries that are not found by
     @command{configure}, you can use @code{LDADD} to do so.  This variable is
    -used to specify additional objects or libraries to link with; it is
    -inappropriate for specifying specific linker flags; you should use
    -@code{AM_LDFLAGS} for this purpose.
    +used to specify additional objects or libraries to link with.
    +Libraries to link with can be indicated either as file names or
    +through @code{-L} and @code{-l} options.
    +
    +For other linker options (not @code{-L} or @code{-l}), @code{LDADD}
    +is inappropriate.  You should use @code{AM_LDFLAGS} for this purpose.

Thanks Bruno. Pushed as written. -k