explain the .lo Makefile rules

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee23065..7724303 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ VPATH:=src
 
 ${OBJ}: ${HEAD}
 
-${LOBJ}:
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/$(@:.lo=.c) -o $@
-
 uzbl-core: ${OBJ}
 
 uzbl-cookie-manager: examples/uzbl-cookie-manager.o util.o
@@ -62,6 +59,10 @@ uzbl-browser: uzbl-core uzbl-cookie-manager
 .PHONY: tests
 force:
 
+# this is here because the .so needs to be compiled with -fPIC on x86_64
+${LOBJ}: ${SRC} ${HEAD}
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/$(@:.lo=.c) -o $@
+
 # When compiling unit tests, compile uzbl as a library first
 tests: ${LOBJ} force
 	$(CC) -shared -Wl ${LOBJ} -o ./tests/libuzbl-core.so