Merged in ben_ratzlaff/premake-dev (pull request #146)

Implement 'RelativeLinks" flag to effect makefile creation to use -l and -L instead of linking against the full path of a dynamic object library

src/_premake_init.lua

@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@
 			"Optimize",            -- DEPRECATED
 			"OptimizeSize",        -- DEPRECATED
 			"OptimizeSpeed",       -- DEPRECATED
+			"RelativeLinks",
 			"ReleaseRuntime",
 			"SEH",
 			"ShadowedVariables",

src/tools/gcc.lua

@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@
 			table.insert(flags, '-L' .. project.getrelative(cfg.project, dir))
 		end
 
+		if cfg.flags.RelativeLinks then
+			for _, dir in ipairs(premake.config.getlinks(cfg, "siblings", "directory")) do
+				local libFlag = "-L" .. premake.project.getrelative(cfg.project, dir)
+				if not table.contains(flags, libFlag) then
+					table.insert(flags, libFlag)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
 		return flags
 	end
 
@@ -249,12 +258,21 @@
 	function gcc.getlinks(cfg, systemonly)
 		local result = {}
 
-		-- Don't use the -l form for sibling libraries, since they may have
-		-- custom prefixes or extensions that will confuse the linker. Instead
-		-- just list out the full relative path to the library.
-
 		if not systemonly then
-			result = config.getlinks(cfg, "siblings", "fullpath")
+			if cfg.flags.RelativeLinks then
+				local libFiles = premake.config.getlinks(cfg, "siblings", "basename")
+				for _, link in ipairs(libFiles) do
+					if string.find(link, "lib") == 1 then
+						link = link:sub(4)
+					end
+					table.insert(result, "-l" .. link)
+				end
+			else
+				-- Don't use the -l form for sibling libraries, since they may have
+				-- custom prefixes or extensions that will confuse the linker. Instead
+				-- just list out the full relative path to the library.
+				result = config.getlinks(cfg, "siblings", "fullpath")
+			end
 		end
 
 		-- The "-l" flag is fine for system libraries

tests/actions/make/cpp/test_make_linking.lua

@@ -124,6 +124,26 @@
 		]]
 	end
 
+--
+-- Check a linking to a sibling shared library using -l and -L.
+--
+
+    function suite.links_onSiblingSharedLib()
+        links "MyProject2"
+        flags { "RelativeLinks" }
+
+        test.createproject(sln)
+        kind "SharedLib"
+        location "build"
+
+        prepare { "ldFlags", "libs", "ldDeps" }
+        test.capture [[
+  ALL_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) -Lbuild -s
+  LIBS += -lMyProject2
+  LDDEPS += build/libMyProject2.so
+        ]]
+    end
+
 --
 -- When referencing an external library via a path, the directory
 -- should be added to the library search paths, and the library