On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:01:38PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > >but this only works is all the libraries have .la files, right? > >what happens if not all those libraries were built with libtool? > >how would libtool find the dependent libraries if there is no .la? > > That is a function of pkg-config. :-) > > >>From the outside, nothing changes. Except that libtool trusts you > >>to have linked your deplibs properly. > > > >generally, it's a good idea to list all dependent libraries, > >because it must be done on some systems. now if libtool starts > >saying "don't do this", then people will just not do it, whether > >they understand the issues involved or not. > > At least for libraries with .la files, libtool would silently drop the > extra dependencies (relying on the linker to add them) and would not > say "don't do this". I agree that typical developers react to error > messages and warnings, and may not spend enough time to understand all > the issues.
well, by libtool I meant in the documentation, the examples, on this list, etc. but of course, most people don't read that stuff anyway :( -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bob > ====================================== > Bob Friesenhahn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
