On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, Simon Richter wrote:
Libtool supports "convenience libraries", which are unpacked and repacked automatically to merge all objects to a single large library. That takes a bit of extra time in a build and cannot be parallelized either, but in large projects it makes the Makefile.am a little more readable.
Libtool "convenience libraries" are evil. If a project is using Automake, then using a non-recursive build will allow avoiding such things and dramatically improve build times. Automake is not required, but it makes the task easier.
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