From: UnixOS2 Archive To: "UnixOS2 Archive" Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:15:24 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 234 ************************************************** Thursday 06 November 2003 Number 234 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: libtool : John Poltorak **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:46:45 +0000 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: libtool On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:32:57PM +0100, Yuri Dario wrote: > Hi, > > >> Yes but you need the old libtool from the 1.0.1 'Yuri-build'. > >Any idea why the self generated libtool doesn't work properly? > > probably because nobody submitted the patches to libtool mantainer ;-) There is an updated OS/2 port of libtool v1.4.3. Maybe that includes some of the patches you mention... > BTW current libtool can generate static (.a) libraries instead of dll. Which version are you referring to? > Personally I don't like libtool: maybe it is an useful tool (for *nix people), but under OS/2 it is > really slow, and makes really hard to use a self-built .def file for linking. > > It is not generated by configure; libtool is written by ltmain.sh, which is called by configure with > proper parameters. I don't understand that. When I try building SANE, there is no LIBTOOL to start with, but it appears after I've run configure. If I install my own libtool package, how do I get the app being built to use it rather than something included with the package? > Bye, > > Yuri Dario > > /* > * member of TeamOS/2 - Italy > * http://www.os2power.com/yuri > * http://www.teamos2.it > */ -- John