[x264-devel] [PATCH 5/9] build: Use 'install-static' as a subrecipe for 'install-lib-static'

[Stephen Hutchinson]

On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> I like this in principle, but the log message confuses the heck out of
> me.  I'm not sure what the goal is here.  Having a proper prerequisite
> instead of a phony one is good, but otherwise the reasons for this
> change remain shrouded in mystery.
>
> Also, install-static does not create $(libdir), so it might fail if
> invoked directly.
>

When configure is run (@lines 1226-1229), it echoes 'lib-static'
into the default rule in config.mak so that the 'lib-static' shortcut
builds.  It does similar things for the 'cli' and 'lib-shared' rules
if they've also been enabled.