Re: [GNAT 2006] Project file and conditional withing/linking

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

"Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com> writes:

> I'm using a project file and, depending on some external variables,
> I want to include some library for linking or not. The library is
> defined in its own project file.
>
> The problem is that withing the library project causes its linker
> options to be added no matter what I try, and I'd like to remove
> these linker options (otherwise the library is always linked).

I don't see why you use Linker_Options? I would have thought you could
do everything with Default_Switches ("ada").

> Conditionally withing seems out of the question: the "with"s are to be at
> the top. I've tried overriding with
>
> for Gtkada.Linker'Default_Switches ("ada") use ();
> for Gtkada.Linker.Linker_Options use ();

No, you can define your own switches, not theirs.

> I could remove the withing and copy the switches to my project file,
> but I'd strongly prefer to keep using the stock installed library
> project file.

We have defined environment-dependent symbols in non-source Projects
and then used the symbols to create the appropriate switches in the
user project. Something like

   package Linker is
     case Use_Other_Package is
       when Yes =>
         for Default_Switches ("ada") 
           use ("-foo") & Other_Package.Linker_Switches;
       when No =>
         for Default_Switches ("ada") use ("-bar");
     end case;
   end Linker;