On Fri, 18 Apr 2014, Evgeny Grin wrote:
Libtool always defaults to successful compilation and link, to the
maximum extent possible.
That's nice, leave it to compiler and linker. If something can be compiled and
linked, it will be compiled and linked. If it can't be, then compiler or linker
will fail. Why giving up before even try?
The GNU/Autoconf philosophy has always been that if software
configures successfully that there should be a very high probability
that the sofware will compile and work. Success at compiling on
several platforms should indicate that it is highly likely to also
compile on other platforms (including platforms that the package
authors don't have access to).
If the software fails to compile, or fails to work, there is
substantial possibility that the user won't know how to solve the
problem.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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