Re: libtool

["Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>]

You might find this amusing

libtool 1.3.5 from ftp.gnu.org when configuring
...
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking if package supports dlls... no
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes

so it won't dllise itself :-]

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary V. Vaughan" <gvv@techie.com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
Cc: <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: libtool


> On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 09:42:38PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >     Other than hanging on make check your tar.gz built fine for me...
>
> You need to force it to use the supplied getopts files -- the system
> ones seem to be buggy.  Try this:
>
>   ac_cv_func_getopt_long=no ./configure --with-modules --disable-nls
>
>
> > how can I take the libtool you have in that archive and apply it to
> > (say glib or orbit)?
>
> You can extract the parts of libtool.m4 and ltdl.m4 from aclocal.m4
> and add them to acinclude.m4 in your glib $top_srcdir.  This stuff is
> between the definitions of AC_PROG_LIBTOOL and the end of
> AC_LTDL_SYMBOL_USCORE.  You should then copy the ltconfig and
> ltmain.sh from m4-1.4p over the versions you have in glib.
>
> aclocal
> automake
> autoconf
>
> and be careful not to clobber your hard work by running libtoolize!
>
> > I realise exported variables need to be wrapped with declspec(dllexport)
> > before building the dll but I thought you had the functions being done
> > automatically? Is that an incorrect assumption?
>
> You assumption is correct.  Gcc takes care of non-data exports.
>
> HTH,
> Gary.
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