792e66c5937a691261bfee889f1ffb2383a5f590
hiram
  Tue Apr 2 14:42:43 2013 -0700
add comment about preMyLibs
diff --git src/inc/userApp.mk src/inc/userApp.mk
index 69b883a..d45e5f7 100644
--- src/inc/userApp.mk
+++ src/inc/userApp.mk
@@ -1,38 +1,41 @@
 ########################################################################
 # user App rules, typical three-line makefile to use this rule set,
 #   the binary program file name is specified by the 'A' variable:
 #	kentSrc = ../..
 #	A = aveCols
-#	include $(kentSrc)/inc/userApp.mk
+#	include ${kentSrc}/inc/userApp.mk
 #
 # for more than one object file for the resulting 'A' program, use
 #       extraObjects = second.o third.o fourth.o etc.o
 #
 # to use object files built elsewhere:
 #       externObjects = ../path/other.o
 #
-include $(kentSrc)/inc/common.mk
+# use other libraries BEFORE jkweb.a
+#     preMyLibs += path/to/lib/other.a
+#
+include ${kentSrc}/inc/common.mk
 
-MYLIBS = $(preMyLibs) $(kentSrc)/lib/$(MACHTYPE)/jkweb.a
-ifeq ($(findstring src/hg/,$(CURDIR)),src/hg/)
-  MYLIBS = $(preMyLibs) $(kentSrc)/lib/$(MACHTYPE)/jkhgap.a $(kentSrc)/lib/$(MACHTYPE)/jkweb.a $(MYSQLLIBS) -lm
+MYLIBS = ${preMyLibs} ${kentSrc}/lib/${MACHTYPE}/jkweb.a
+ifeq ($(findstring src/hg/,${CURDIR}),src/hg/)
+  MYLIBS = ${preMyLibs} ${kentSrc}/lib/${MACHTYPE}/jkhgap.a ${kentSrc}/lib/${MACHTYPE}/jkweb.a ${MYSQLLIBS} -lm
 endif
 
 O = ${A}.o
 objects = ${O} ${extraObjects} ${externObjects}
 
 all ${A}: ${O} ${extraObjects}
 	${CC} ${COPT} -o ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${A} ${objects} ${MYLIBS} ${L}
 	${STRIP} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${A}${EXE}
 
-compile: ${O} ${extraObjects} ${MYLIBS}
+compile:: ${O} ${extraObjects} ${MYLIBS}
 	${CC} ${COPT} ${CFLAGS} -o ${A}${EXE} ${objects} ${MYLIBS} ${L}
 
 install:: compile
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${A}${EXE}
 	cp -p ${A}${EXE} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${A}${EXE}
 	${STRIP} ${A}${EXE} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${A}${EXE}
 	rm -f ${O} ${A}${EXE}
 
 clean::
 	rm -f ${O} ${extraObjects} ${A}${EXE}