On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 12:28:44AM -0500, Peter Jones wrote: > Responding to the correct mailing list for this discussion. Cc:ing the other one. > > Ulrich Drepper wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> John Dennis wrote: >>> I've had my fill of autotool problems (especially libtool) >> >> Don't throw in libtool with the rest. libtool was available in the >> spirit of the auto tools only in its very first version (which of those >> reading this only Jim and Tom will know). Then came the windows and >> HP-SUX idiots and ruined it. I've for the longest time said libtool >> should not be used (and I don't do it in my code). In the worst case a >> simple Linux-only replacement for libtool should be used. > > I agree that a Linux-only replacement for libtool should be used, if at > all. So why isn't there one available in Fedora that deps on "libtool" > will pick by default? No one has explained yet how these packages that don't use libtool will work when cross-compiling to Windows (or on HP-SUX / all the other platforms that have different ways to make shared libraries). Really: use libtool, it helps. Rich. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
