Dave Shield wrote: > On 26/06/07, Wes Hardaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BS> One of the Open Solaris mailing lists (sfwnv-discuss) just had a flame >> BS> war about libtool. It appears its use is deprecated for a number of >> BS> reasons I didn't necessarily follow. >> >> Cause it is a pain in the neck to deal with, that's why. It solves a >> lot of problems and creates a bunch more...... libtool helps >> simplify the creation of shared libraries in a platform independent >> way. At the cost of a number of oddities. > > How do these two bunches of problems compare?
Two? This thread is "misused" for at least three differnet issues: 1) libtool 1.5.22 to 1.5.24 update (the original one) 2) libtool bashing (see above) 3) shared library versioning (Wes) > Are the problems that libtool solves harder or easier than the ones it > introduces? How difficult is it to (portably) create and use shared > libraries? Are there any alternative tools to assist with this, that we > might consider using instead? > > Or is libtool the least worst option, and we might as well stick with it? I have yet to see someone proposing a solution that'd work better for us. Until then, let's stick with libtool. I'm glad it exists. +Thomas -- Thomas Anders (thomas.anders at blue-cable.de) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
