>>>>> Marco atzeri writes: > Hi, > looking on the build scripts, I noticed on configure.ac
> ## <FIXME> > ## Completely disable using libtool for building shlibs until libtool > ## fully supports Fortran and C++. > ## AC_ARG_WITH([libtool], > ## [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libtool],[use libtool for building shared > libraries @ > <:@yes@:>@])], > ## [use_libtool="${withval}"], > ## [use_libtool=yes]) > ## AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_LIBTOOL, [test "x${use_libtool}" = xyes]) > ## </FIXME> > Is this comment outdated or still valid ? Marco, svn blame has 17895 hornik ## Completely disable using libtool for building shlibs until libtool 17895 hornik ## Completely disable using libtool for building shlibs until libtool and change set 17895 is from 2002-01-21, so almost 10 years old. Then it was certainly true. Whether it still is, I don't know: we needed to put considerable effort into creating our own non-libtool solution. Now we have something working and considerable effort would be needed to rewrite the build toolchain [and I'd additionally be concerned about possible future lack of libtool support for things R needs to support]. Best -k > In my experience, Octave, that is mainly Fortran and C++ plus a small > amount of C, is fully employing libtool and automake with a very clean > and lean build system. > My question is not just academic; I was thinking to package > R for cygwin but the current configuration produce shared libs > with the wrong name > /usr/bin/libR.dll > /usr/bin/libRmath.dll > instead of expected > /usr/bin/cygR.dll > /usr/bin/cygRmath.dll > (http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html#dll-build) > so the "as it is" package will be rejected and a substantial > patching of the various "Makefile.in" will be needed to make > it conformant. > Thanks in advance > Marco > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel