Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| >>>>> "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.
Currently we can only flip a switch if we want to.
If we stop using recursive make (and automake supports this) we might
be able to do without the convenience libs.
--
Lgb
