libtool/README
Thomas Tanner 47938d46eb * update all copyright notices to 2000
* doc/libtool.texi (using libltdl): document new lt_dlinfo struct,
  replace NULL with @code{NULL}, document lt_dlsetdata(),
  lt_dlgetdata() and lt_dlgetinfo()
* libltdl/Makefile.am: increment interface version number
* libltdl/configure.in: set version number to 1.1
* libltdl/ltdl.c: make some variables public by moving them
  to the info struct, add support for application specific data
  within module handles, new lt_dlsetdata(), lt_dlgetdata() and
  lt_dlgetinfo() functions,
  fix memory leaks, minor cleanups
* libltdl/ltdl.h: ditto
* mdemo/main.c: demonstrate use of lt_dlgetinfo,
  improved handling of errors

* ltconfig.in: set hardcode_into_libs = yes for GNU/Hurd, Linux
  and Solaris, only hardcode *all* run-paths if hardcode_into_libs
  is set to 'all', otherwise hardcode only user-specified rpaths
  into libraries
* ltmain.in: minor cleanups, we don't need to add user-specified
  rpaths to compile_rpath, finalize_rpath is sufficient

* ltconfig.in: transform linux* -> *linux-gnu* _after_ host_os has
  been set! (reported by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>)

* configure.in: AC_SUBST reload_flag, deplibs_check_method
  and file_magic_cmd

* README: use 'libtool --version' instead of 'ltconfig --version'
  (suggested by Francios Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
2000-01-13 00:28:09 +00:00

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This is GNU Libtool, a generic library support script. Libtool hides
the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable
interface.
To use libtool, add the new generic library building commands to your
Makefile, Makefile.in, or Makefile.am. See the documentation for
details.
Libtool supports building static libraries on all platforms.
Shared library support has been implemented for these platforms:
AIX 3.x, 4.x (*-*-aix3*, *-*-aix4*)
BeOS (*-*-beos*)
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DG/UX R4.11, R4.12, R4.20 (*-*-dguxR411*, *-*-dguxR412*, *-*-dguxR420*)
FreeBSD 2.x, 3.x, 4.x (*-*-freebsd2*, *-*-freebsd3*, *-*-freebsd4*)
GNU Hurd (*-*-gnu*)
GNU/Linux ELF (*-*-linux-gnu*, except aout, coff, and oldld)
HP-UX 9.x, 10.x, 11.x (*-*-hpux9*, *-*-hpux10*, *-*-hpux11*) [see note]
IRIX 5.x, 6.x (*-*-irix5*, *-*-irix6*)
NCR MP-RAS 3.x (*-ncr-sysv4.3*) [see note]
Motorola System V 4 (mk88-motorola-sysv4) [see note]
NetBSD 1.x (*-*-netbsd*)
OpenBSD 2.x (*-*-openbsd*)
OS/2 using EMX (*-*-os2*)
SCO OpenServer 5.x (*-*-sco3.2v5*)
SCO UnixWare 7.x (*-*-sysv5*)
Solaris 2.x (*-*-solaris2*)
SunOS 4.x, a.k.a. Solaris 1.x (*-*-sunos4*)
UnixWare 2.x (*-*-sysv4.2uw2*)
UTS 4.x (*-*-uts4*)
All ELF targets that use both the GNU C compiler (gcc) and GNU ld
NOTE: Some HP-UX sed programs are horribly broken, and cannot handle
libtool's requirements, so users may report unusual problems. There
is no workaround except to install a working sed (such as GNU sed) on
these systems.
NOTE: The vendor-distributed NCR MP-RAS cc programs emits copyright
on standard error that confuse tests on size of conftest.err. The
workaround is to specify CC when run configure with CC='cc -Hnocopyr'.
NOTE: Due to a bug in autoconf cc isn't supported on Motorola System V 4.
You can only use gcc. This bug will hopefully be fixed in autoconf 2.14.
NOTE: Any earlier DG/UX system with ELF executables, such as R3.10 or
R4.10, is also likely to work, but hasn't been explicitly tested.
Libtool's home page is:
http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html
See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to libtool.
See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
libtool.
See the info node (libtool)Tested Platforms. (or the file
doc/PLATFORMS) for a list of platforms that libtool shared library
support was tested on.
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libtool to a new platform, please send electronic mail to the libtool
mailing list <libtool@gnu.org> or bug reports to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.
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