libtool for C++

2002-01-25 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Hello, The libtool manual suggests strongly that one not use it for C++ libraries. Is this section of the document up-to-date with the stable release of libtool? CVS libtool? from libtool manual - 11.1 Writing libraries for C++ Creating libraries

libtool with jam?

2002-01-25 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Hello, I realize that libtool was made to fit well with automake & autoconf. Has anyone had experience using it with a project that uses Jam? I ask because I'm packaging the Boost libraries (www.boost.org) for Debian, and I'd like to use libtool to make the shared libs, rather than fiddle wit

Re: libtool for C++

2002-02-03 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 04:48:04PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Robert Boehne wrote: > > > It is NOT up-to-date for CVS HEAD and alpha versions of Libtool. > > I recall that this documentation was updated in the muti-lingual > branch. Perhaps it was not merged over as it

Re: Converting a project to libtool

2002-09-18 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:16:24PM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote: > I'm converting a project to libtool, and need to maintain the existing > SONAME and library names. I can't find a FAQ to see if there's a good > way to do this. I think the answer is "no, there's no good way to do this". This is m

Re: Converting a project to libtool

2002-09-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 08:50:23AM +0300, Tor Lillqvist wrote: > Steve M. Robbins writes: > > then you can just reverse-engineer > > the computation that libtool does. Then choose values for Current, > > Revision, and Age that give you the answer you want. > &

Re: Version numbering change on IRIX

2002-11-15 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:34:33PM +0100, Rainer Orth wrote: > Robert, > > > This change was a long time coming, so many people have complained > > about having libx.so.1 under Solars/Linux and having libx.so.2 under IRIX. > > Adding 1 to the version isn't necessary, I've looked everywhere I could

Re: Cyclic dependencies

2003-06-14 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:25:49AM +1000, Kevin Ryde wrote: > Thomas Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > if linux's behaviour is really extraordinary or if systems > > with such limited library features are slowly dying away? > > Making just one pass across a -lfoo library at its point in th