On 13 Jan 2023 13:52, Tim Ruffing wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-01-13 at 05:52 +, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i think the expectation is that, if you're using libtool, then you
> > use libtool.
>
> Well, I *use* libtool. libtool needs some AR. I choose to use
> libtool.exe with the ar-lib wrapper.
On Fri, 2023-01-13 at 05:52 +, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i think the expectation is that, if you're using libtool, then you
> use libtool.
Well, I *use* libtool. libtool needs some AR. I choose to use
libtool.exe with the ar-lib wrapper.
Hello :)
Assume environment variable AR="lib.exe" and configure.ac has
```
AM_PROG_AR
LT_INIT
```
Then AM_PROG_AR checks for an archiver using AC_CHECK_TOOLS. Then it
detects the lib.exe interface and prefixes the AR variable with a call
to ar-lib. (There's a FIXME in the code that says that
