[geeks] UNIX development and makefile discussion

[Mouse]

> Is there no way to specify an object file search path?

In general, my experience is that no, there isn't.

You can sometimes get a similar effect with a bit of Makefile hackery,
as in

OBJS = a.o b.o c.o d.o libx.o liby.o libz.o

LINKOBJS =
.for o in $(OBJS)
.if exists($o)
LINKOBJS += $o
.elif exists(../lib/$o)
LINKOBJS += ../lib/$o
.else
...hmm, is there a .error?...
.endif
.endfor

...use $(LINKOBJS) in the link...

Of course, this is limited.  But it may not be entirely ludicrous in
some cases.

					Mouse