>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Andre> On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 10:31:24PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 
Andre> libtool is a waste of time in the year 2007. That's certainly
Andre> just my opinion, but anyway. I also believe the kind of
Andre> variations between different version of Unix leading to and
Andre> rectifying the existance of autotools are gone nowadays (with
Andre> Linux as the only surviving variety, the rest is dead even if
Andre> the coroner's still out in some cases).
>>  I think the code we had in the pre-libtool era was perfectly
>> suitable.

Andre> Suitable for what?

Compiling LyX.

Lars' big reason for using libtool, AFAIR, was that that would allow
us to build parts of LyX as shared libraries. In practice, we have
never done that.

JMarc

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