On 28-Jul-05, 03:02 (CDT), Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> fact 1: shared library
>
> gcc -lnewt a.c
Right. No problem.
> fact 2: static library
>
> gcc -lslang -lnewt a.c
Right, Just like it's always been on Unix systems.
> fact 3: libtool library
> libtool tries to implement a wrapper around shared library and
> static library, so that both of them can be uniformly processed,
> and allows specifying just:
> libtool cc -lnewt a.c
Why is this better? I have to change my perfectly normal, standard Unix
link command to use something that completely hides the actual link
command and makes debugging problems nearly impossible? I really don't
get it. And, for the record, the company I work for ships code for a
variety of Unices. I spend a *lot* more of my time debugging libtool
brokenness (not to mention auto* brokeness) than I do tracking down
which libraries need which other libraries. So when I say "I don't get
it", it's not lack of experience with the tools, I'm just completely
mystified why people think that libtool is an *improvement*.
Steve
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The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world. -- seen on the net
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