Mircea Bardac wrote: > On Tuesday 05 June 2007 14:23:39 Georg Grabler wrote: >> They decided not to use the !libtool as default yet as i know, for the >> reason that we still have packages which can't be maintained without >> libtool (kde and kde programs in example), what could confuse the >> users even more than building it with libtool. >> >> To be a bit more precise, kde uses libtool for loading modules (in >> example kicker kio-plugins, applets and similar). That's why the >> option is still "not default". Though, most packages (except kde ones) >> should include !libtool in their options array. >> >> Simply, one way round nothing is broken if libtool is used, the other >> way round, things simply won't work. I think that's why it's "default" >> but not defined below. > > Oh, I forgot to mention that I know the entire libtool discussion - I'm with > ArchLinux since March 2003. > > What intrigued me was that default says one thing, and the actual value from > the default file is another thing. > > I would suggest either changing the comment or changing the actual value to > avoid this inconsistency. > > > Regards, > Mircea > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
It was overlooked when the default was changed. But it's been fixed in git now. Andrew _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
