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
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It was overlooked when the default was changed. But it's been fixed in 
git now.

Andrew

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