Makefile updated library dependency

Question

I have a large makefile which builds several libraries, installs them, and then keeps on building objects which link against those installed libraries. My trouble is that I wan

Answer 1

How about this:

LIBS = foo bar blah # and so on

LINKFLAGS = $(addprefix -l,$(LIBS))

LIBPATHS = $(patsubst %,/explicit/path/to/lib/lib%.so, $(LIBS))

$(myObject): $(localSrc) $(LIBPATHS)
        $(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LINKFLAGS) $(LINKLIBS)