Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> Can we state that libtool is highly not recommended and usually builds 
> worse
> libraries than other systems?    That .la files should be scorched from a
> safe distance and never seen again?   That other than being integrated 
> into
> automake, it makes it *harder* to build libraries?


So, you're not a fan, then?

Are you, like Keith, saying Don't Integrate.  Or do you see any value in
integrating with some form of warning/disclaimer?


> Has this version of libtool at least fixed the "impossible to build a 
> 64-bit
> library correctly on Solaris" bugs?   (Would have to dig into my old Xorg
> builds to see if I could find all the ways I had to work around libtool's
> damage, but as I recall it was forcing use of the -64 flag, assuming you
> linked shared libaries with ld, not cc.)


The NEWS file says:
* Fixed command line settings for non-GCC compilers, Solaris/64bit.
which seems to be your bug.


- Dermot

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