On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Urmane Hendrake wrote:
>
> Agreed. Where did libtool come from, and why use it when configure
> was working just fine? Is there something I don't know about (quite
> possible)?
>
libtool is a GNU package that's in with auto[conf|make], it makes it a
peice of cake to build shared libs on numerous platforms. Here's the gist
of it from the info docs on libtool:
Introduction
************
In the past, if a source code package developer wanted to take
advantage of the power of shared libraries, he needed to write custom
support code for each platform his package ran on. He also had to
design a configuration interface so that the user could choose what
sort of libraries were built.
GNU libtool simplifies the developer's job by encapsulating both the
platform-specific dependencies, and the user interface, in a single
script. GNU libtool is designed so that the complete functionality of
each host type is available via a generic interface, but nasty quirks
are hidden from the programmer.
TTYL!
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