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NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
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New in 1.5b: 2004-??-??; CVS version 1.5a, Libtool team:
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* The /^_?LT_[A-Z_]+$/ namespace is now reserved for Libtool's own macros.
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If you have any shell variables in this namespace they will need to be
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renamed. If you have any macros in this namespace please rename them to
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prevent any possible future clash with libtool supplied macros.
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* New LT_PREREQ macro for specifying minimum libtool requirement.
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* New LT_INIT interface replaces AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, AC_ENABLE_SHARED,
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AC_DISABLE_SHARED, AC_ENABLE_STATIC, AC_DISABLE_STATIC,
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AC_ENABLE_FAST_INSTALL, AC_DISABLE_FAST_INSTALL, AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN,
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AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL and AC_LIBTOOL_PIC_MODE. Use autoupdate to modernise
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your configure.ac files after installing this release.
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* New LT_LANG interface to enable libtool support for a specific language.
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* Language support is now only included if your configure.ac enables it,
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either through a call to AC_PROG_CXX etc. or LT_LANG.
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* The libtool script will complain if it was built from mismatched ltmain.sh
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and libtool m4 macro versions.
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* Like automake, libtoolize no longer installs config.guess and config.sub by
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default. Use new --install option to get the old behaviour.
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* libtoolize no longer supports the --ltdl-tar option.
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* libtool script is now created by config.status. Instead of interrogating
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`./libtool' from configure.ac after calling AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, use the
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variable names directly.
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* libltdl is no longer a self-contained package, and shares configury with
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the top level directory now.
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* Shared objects (.lo) are no longer created when `-static' is passed in
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compile mode.
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* New compile mode option `-shared' prevents creation of static objects (.o).
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* New link mode option `-shared' creates only shared libraries at link time.
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* If you configure libtool with --disable-shared (or if libtool does not
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support shared libraries on your platform) trying to build a library using
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`-shared' is a fatal error.
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* libtoolize installs libtool.m4 (and ltdl.m4 if used) to AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR.
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* Mode inferrence removed, shorthand for choosing modes added.
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* Specifying -allow-undefined is now an error.
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* Speed up max_cmd_len check.
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* New function in libltdl: lt_dlhandle_find provides access to module handles
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by module name.
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* libltdl no longer loads shared libraries with global symbol resolution,
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this caused problems when the symbols were intended to be overriden further
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up the stack; it is also not recommended practice.
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* make install now deletes preexisting $prefix/share/libtool before installing
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latest files.
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* Extracting symbols from an import library on cygwin and win32 now works.
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* Initial support for amigaos-ppc.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.5.2: 2004-01-25; CVS version 1.5.0a, Libtool team:
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* lt_dlrealloc is an official part of the libltdl API.
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* --tag, --silent and --debug options are preserved and reused when libtool
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calls itself for relinking etc.
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* `-pthread' and similar options are honoured when linking shared libraries.
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* -no-suppress in compile mode shows compiler output for both PIC and non-PIC
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object compilation.
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* New link mode option `-precious-files-regex' to prevent accidental removal
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of files you want to keep, such as test coverage data, from the temporary
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output directory.
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* Directories specified in /etc/ld.so.conf are no longer hardcoded on Linux.
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* Recognises the 'R' symbol type on Solaris so read-only symbols can be
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exported.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.5.1: 2003-??-??; CVS version 1.5.0a, Libtool team:
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* lt_dlrealloc is an official part of the libltdl API.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.5: 2003-04-14; CVS version 1.4e, Libtool team:
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* First stable release of multi-language architecture.
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* libtool and libltdl support for Mac OS/X.
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* libltdl will now use cygwins dlopen API instead of always forcing
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LoadLibrary.
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* Support auto-import patch to binutils on cygwin for much improved dll
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support.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.4.3: 2002-10-13; CVS version 1.4.2a, Robert Boehne:
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* The libltdl subdirectory now bootstraps correctly with Automake 1.5.
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* srcdir != builddir builds with Automake 1.5 work correctly.
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* Support for mips-compaq-nonstopux.
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* New command line argument, --preserve-dup-deps prevents removal of
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duplicate dependent libraries.
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New in 1.4d: 2002-01-07; CVS version 1.4c, Libtool team:
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* Help strings display correctly again.
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* Better error messages when library linking fails.
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* Better error messages from libltdl when loading fails.
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* Better search path management in libltdl with `lt_dlinsertsearchdir' call.
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* Support /lib/w32api in recent cygwin releases.
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* Support cross compilation to mingw.
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* Support for .rc files (Windows resource compiler).
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* Improved handling of mingw gcc.
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* Improved handling of $PATH with entries containing spaces.
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* Improved support for linking with gcc on aix4* and aix5*.
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* Improved support for GCC 3.0.
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* Initial support for QNX RTOS, UnixWare 7 and OpenUNIX 8.
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* Bug fixes to the OpenBSD port.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.4.2: 2001-09-11; CVS version 1.4.1a, Gary V. Vaughan:
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* libltdl now builds on solaris again
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* diagnose and warn about not-quite-working combinations of gcc and
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ld on solaris.
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* Improved OpenBSD support.
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* Improved cygwin support.
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* Bugfixes.
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New in 1.4.1: 2001-09-03; CVS version 1.4.0a, Libtool team:
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* Better error messages from libltdl when loading fails.
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* Don't leave here-doc files behind.
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* Improved support for OpenBSD.
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* Libtool will build with autoconf-2.50 and higher.
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* Plug memory management bugs in libltdl.
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* Prefer shl_load to dlopen for better operation on HP-UX.
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New in 1.4b: 2001-07-09; CVS version 1.4a, Libtool team:
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* Now bootstraps with autoconf-2.50 and automake-1.4-p4.
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* Always try to build at least a static lib, even if both static and
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shared libs were disabled.
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* Full support for C++ compiler.
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* Support for GNU gcj compiler.
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* libltdl can now load all modules in a given path according to user
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supplied criteria with `lt_dlforeachfile' call.
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* Improved support for AIX ia64, djgpp, HPUX, hurd, OpenBSD, sco3.2*.
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* Internal mutex handling no longer has namespace clashes on NCR MP-RAS.
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* New pdemo and tagdemo tests.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 1.4: 2001-04-25; CVS version 1.3e, Libtool team:
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* Support for aix5*.
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* Bugfixes.
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New in 1.3d: 2001-04-02; CVS version 1.3c, Libtool team:
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* ltconfig is no more. Generation of libtool happens directly from
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the configure file.
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* Multithread safe with lt_dlmutex_register callback registration.
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* New -no-install flag to avoid the use of executable wrapper scripts.
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* New --with-pic, -prefer-pic and -prefer-non-pic flags to control
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the generation of PIC/non-PIC code.
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* Support for hardcoding run-time paths (-R) into libraries.
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* Support -dlopen and -dlpreopen for libraries.
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* Libtool now allows you to link shared libraries against static code.
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* New functions in libltdl:
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lt_dlgetinfo, lt_dlhandle_next and lt_dlforeach provide access to module
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specific data in handles.
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lt_dlcaller_register, lt_dlcaller_set_data and lt_dlcaller_get_data provide
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management for user storage of per module data.
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lt_dlloader_next, lt_dlloader_name, lt_dlloader_find, lt_dlloader_add and
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lt_dlloader_remove can be used for adding new types of module loaders.
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lt_dladderror, lt_dlseterror integrate user module loaders with lt_dlerror.
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* "-Xcompiler" and "-Wc," does now work in compile mode, too.
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* Support recent dlltool formats.
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* Start of support code for cross-compiling to win32.
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* libltdl can now be built as a dll with win32.
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* m4 macros needed to configure libltdl split out into libltdl/ltdl.m4.
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* New port to NEWS-OS Release 6.
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* Improved support for darwin (rhapsody), mingw32, NetBSD, Compaq Tru64 V5.0
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and Digital Unix V4.*.
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* Initial support for ia64 linux.
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* Initial support for a.out freebsd shared libs.
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* Initial support for Paul Sokolovsky's pw32 POSIX over win32 layer.
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* Many bugfixes (especially in libltdl)
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New in 1.3b: 1999-07-02; CVS version 1.3a, Libtool team:
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* Complete inter-library dependencies support. It's now possible
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to link libtool libraries against other libtool libraries.
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* Libtool is able to find already-installed libtool libraries,
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even if they were moved out of their installation directory.
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* New "-Wc,flag" and "-Xcompiler flag" flags to pass flags
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directly to the compiler
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* New "-Wl,flag" and "-Xlinker flag" flags to pass flags
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directly to the linker
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* New "-no-fast-install" flag to selectively disable fast-install mode.
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* Support for installing stripped libraries using GNU strip (install -s).
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Automake >= 1.5 will install stripped libraries with "make install-strip".
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* Allow linking shared libraries against static ones
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on FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, GNU Hurd and Solaris
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* Support for linking DLLs on Win32
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* New `clean' mode to delete uninstalled files.
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* New demos and tests
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* Various bugfixes
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New in 1.3.5: 2000-05-27, CVS version 1.3.4a, Libtool team:
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* Support for mac OS X (rhapsody).
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* Support for *-sequent-sysv4.
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* Support for Cygwin-1.1.0.
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* Support recent dlltool formats.
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* Bugfixes.
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New in 1.3.4: 1999-12-08, CVS version 1.3.3a, Libtool team:
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* Support for Compaq Tru64 V5.0.
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* Improved support for Digital Unix V4.*.
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* Improved support for NetBSD, FreeBSD and Unixware.
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* Many fine bugfixes.
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New in 1.3.3: 1999-07-02, CVS version 1.3.2a, Libtool team:
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* New `-dlpreopen force' flag to ensure that
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lt_preloaded_symbols is always defined.
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* Work around self-dlclose bug in FreeBSD 3.1.
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* Expand convenience libraries when creating reloadable objects.
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* Do not forget to import -L flags of convenience libraries.
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* Do not pass -whole-archive or equivalent to symbol extractor.
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* Create directory to expand convenience libraries only when needed.
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* Improved support for Cygwin, DJGPP and NetBSD
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* Various bugfixes
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New in 1.3.2: 1999-05-26, CVS version 1.3.1a, Libtool team:
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* Avoid circular links of objects and libraries.
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* Look for dlerror when dlopen was found in -ldl (typo).
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* Disable shared libraries with broken GNU ld on Solaris.
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New in 1.3.1: 1999-05-21, CVS version 1.3.0a, Libtool team:
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* Documentation improvements; recommend automake users to insert libtool.m4
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in acinclude.m4
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* AC_LIBLTDL_CONVENIENCE and AC_LIBLTDL_INSTALLABLE now set INCLTDL.
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* New port to NEC UX/4800.
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* cygwin-b20.1 passes all tests.
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* Slightly improved BeOS support.
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* Many AIX 4.3.2 test failures have gone.
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* Pass unknown -L arguments through to the linker (for -LANG:* support).
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* Close a security hole with mode 777 directory during libltdl installation.
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* Fixed the infamous ``ifelse'' bug in libtool.m4
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New in 1.3: 1999-04-29, Libtool team:
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* This is just a summary of the changes since 1.2.
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See the news of intermediate alpha releases below for details.
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* Support for convenience archives.
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* New maintainers. Anonymous CVS and home page at gnu.org.
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* Portable dlopening interface with libltdl, new -module flag.
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* Correctly link installed libtool libraries into programs and other
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libtool libraries. Linking of uninstalled libtool libraries into
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libraries is under development for 1.4.
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* Do not drop library dependencies on platforms that allow them.
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* Linking with uninstalled libraries no longer picks installed ones by
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mistake.
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* Use libraries from the build tree when running uninstalled
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executables (may require double linking).
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* Allow developers to optimize for build-tree executions.
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* Support -export-symbols-regex for controlled symbol exporting.
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* Support -R to hardcode directories in library search paths.
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* New ports, demos and tests. Lots of improvements and bug fixes.
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New in CVS version 1.2g, Libtool team:
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* AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is smaller and faster
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* AC_LIBTL_L_WIN32_DLL is required in configure.in for libtool to
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attempt to build dlls on win32 hosts
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* Shared libraries on AmigaOS up to version 4 are now disabled
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since they don't meet libtool's requirements for shared libraries
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* -L supports now relative directories
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* Libltdl has a new license: LGPL with a special exception
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* Libltdl can be used as stand-alone package
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* dlopen support for BeOS
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* Partial support for Motorola System V 4
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* Improved support for AIX, BeOS, Cygwin, DJGPP, DU, IRIX and HP/UX
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* Documentation updates
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* New tests
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* Bugfixes
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New in 1.2f: 1999-03-15; CVS version 1.2e, Libtool team:
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* libtool will correctly link uninstalled libraries into programs
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and prefer uninstalled libraries to installed ones
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* Library paths that are in the system default run-time search path
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are no longer hardcoded into executables.
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* New fast installation mode, which links the final executable
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in order to avoid relinking during installation.
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Programs in the build-tree are relinked when executed.
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* New AC_DISABLE_FAST_INSTALL macro to set the default for
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the fast-install mode to disabled
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* New -export-symbols-regex flag, to export symbols selectively by
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a regular expression
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* Support -R for specifying run-time path of programs and library dependencies
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* New -avoid-version option to avoid versioning for libraries
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* libtool module names no longer need to have a "lib" prefix
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(requires automake 1.4).
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* New -thread-safe flag, to build thread-safe libraries
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* Major improvements in libltdl: API documentation, installable version,
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support for module search paths, support for lt_dlopen(0),
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can be embedded into packages as a tar file (libltdl.tar.gz),
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dynamic buffer allocation and buffer overflow checks,
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new macro LTDL_SET_PRELOADED_SYMBOLS() which must be used in the
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main program, dynamic memory allocation functions are user-defineable
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* New AC_LIBLTDL_CONVENIENCE and AC_LIBLTDL_INSTALLABLE macros, to select
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convenience and/or installable versions of libltdl.
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* libltdl is now built and installed unless --disable-ltdl-install
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* New "-dlopen self" flag for dlopening the executable itself
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* New AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN macro to check for dlopen support,
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required if you use -dlopen or -dlpreopen
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* If libtool could not satisfy all dependencies of a module
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it will only build a static version of it
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* dld_preloaded_symbols was renamed to lt_preloaded_symbols
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* Support for BeOS
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* Improved support for FreeBSD, AIX, IRIX, OSF, SysV 4.3, HP/UX, DJGPP
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BSD/OS 4.x and NetBSD
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* In order for libtool to attempt to link a shared library (dll) on win32
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platforms, you must pass the -no-undefined flag to libtool in link mode.
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* The path to GNU ld now works on cygwin-b18 to cygwin-b20.2 at least.
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* Support for IRIX library versioning.
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* New demos and tests
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* Various bugfixes
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New in 1.2d: 1998-12-16; CVS version 1.2c, Libtool team:
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* libtool will correctly link already-installed libraries into programs.
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* New -module flag, to create loadable modules.
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* New libltdl, a small library for portable dlopening of modules.
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It is still undocumented, but you can already find some examples in:
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* New mdemo directory, with tests of -module and dlopening examples.
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Be aware that libltdl is only known to work on a few platforms such as
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GNU/Linux and Solaris2. Some mdemo tests are known to FAIL on several
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other platforms; please ignore these failures by now (or work to fix
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them :-).
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* Inter-library dependencies patch finally integrated, but there's
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still much porting to do. See PORTING for details (some plans for the
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future in mail/deplibs in the CVS tree).
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* New option -export-symbols to control symbol exporting when possible.
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* Fixed -export-dynamic problem with C++ programs in egcs 1.1.
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* New dlpreopen structure.
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* libtool now supports `-c -o' and subdirectories in sources and
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target object names even in platforms whose compilers do not support
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this. In this case, file locking occurs to avoid problems with
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parallel builds.
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* New `echo' variant that should fix most problems with long command
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lines and broken printf programs.
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* Support for DG/UX, UnixWare 7.x and FreeBSD 3.0, and improved
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support for Microsoft Windows
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* Various bugfixes
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* We now have anonymous CVS access to GNU libtool. CVSROOT is
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:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.gnu.org:/gd/gnu/anoncvsroot. The password
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is empty. The directory is libtool. Check our home-page at
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http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html for details.
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* Alexandre Oliva, Thomas Tanner and Gary V. Vaughan have taken over
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the maintenance of libtool.
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* Arguments to ltconfig have been changed to allow creation of a
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libtool C program, totally unusable as of this release.
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New in 1.2b - 1998-07-01, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Libtool needs a new maintainer, since Gordon Matzigkeit has quit.
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If you think you can do the job, send mail to bug-libtool@gnu.org.
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* Bug fixes.
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* Support for libtool convenience archives.
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New in 1.2a - 1998-04-19, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes.
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* ltconfig accepts an `--output' option to specify the name of the
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generated libtool.
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* New `--debug' flag to turn on shell script tracing for libtool,
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libtoolize, and ltconfig.
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* Added `libtool --config' to print out all configuration variables.
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* Support for *-*-hpux11*.
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New in 1.2 - 1998-03-20, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Minor bug fixes to provide a stable public release.
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* Libtool no longer cseses Solaris printf to barf due to silly
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2110-byte static buffers.
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New in 1.1 - 1998-03-08, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes.
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* http://www.profitpress.com/libtool/ is libtool's homepage.
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* `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' supports turning shared or static libraries off
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with the `--enable-shared=PKGS' and `--enable-static=PKGS' configure
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flags. See (libtool)AM_PROG_LIBTOOL.
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* Use the `AM_DISABLE_SHARED' or `AM_DISABLE_STATIC' macros if you
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wish to modify the default behaviour of `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' for your
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package.
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* New rules for `AM_PROG_LD' to use gcc's `-print-prog-name' flag in
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order to find ld, if possible.
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* Suppress duplicate compiler output during `compile' mode.
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* Deleted `dlname' mode. Dlopen applications should only use the
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runtime search method described in (libtool)Finding the dlname.
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* Experimental support for dynamically loaded modules, even on
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static-only platforms, via new `-dlopen' and `-dlpreopen' link
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flags.
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* `compile' mode honours the `-static' flag to prevent libtool
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from building PIC objects.
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* New `execute' mode to support debugging uninstalled libtool
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libraries and executables.
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* `-allow-undefined' is now the default. You can use `-no-undefined'
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to declare that a shared library is completely self-contained.
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* Inter-library dependencies are automatically handled when linking
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against an uninstalled `.la' file.
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* New `-all-static' flag to prevent any dynamic linking. The regular
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`-static' flag now just prevents dynamic linking of libtool libraries.
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* New `-release' flag to encode release numbers into libtool
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libraries. This breaks binary compatibility, but is useful for
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libraries whose interfaces change very frequently. See
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(libtool)Versioning.
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* The `-rpath' flag can be used to hardcode absolute directories when
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linking executables using libtool.
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* New robust quoting code to handle any metacharacters passed in
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arguments to libtool commands.
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* Full support for broken collect2 on AIX 3. Shared libraries
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can now be built with all working versions of GCC on AIX.
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* Shell script speed optimizations for old and buggy /bin/sh systems,
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such as HP-UX 9 and SunOS 4.1.4.
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* Maybe use `_libs' as a temporary libtool directory instead of `.libs'
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in order to cope with MS-DOS filenames.
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* Portability fixes for Windows NT.
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* Refuse to create libtool libraries that don't begin with `lib'.
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This allows us to correctly handle OSes that don't have the `lib'
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prefix by default, such as OS/2.
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* Support for *-*-amigaos*, *-*-os2*, *-*-sysv4.2uw2*, and *-*-uts4*.
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New in 1.0 - 1997-07-08, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes.
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* Better configuration test to find the system linker. The old test
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was failing because people frequently install GNU ld, but don't
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necessarily configure GCC to use it.
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* Automake support for Libtool now uses the LTLIBRARIES primary. See
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the Automake documentation for more information.
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* Added new `--disable-static' flag to disable building static
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libraries on platforms that have shared libs.
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* New `-allow-undefined' link flag to build shared libs that contain
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references to unresolved symbols.
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* Removed all support for creating static-only libraries.
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* Basic support for dynamically loaded modules: new `-export-dynamic'
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linking flag and corresponding `dlname' mode.
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* New `--features' flag to display configured libtool attributes.
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* Added support for installing libtool objects, both in absolute and
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relative directories.
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* Support *-*-linux-gnu* as an alias for *-*-linux*.
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* Support for *-*-openbsd* and *-*-freebsd3*.
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New in 0.9 - 1997-02-03, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes.
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* The libtool demo now uses the libm cos(3) function, to demonstrate
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inter-library dependencies.
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* The PLATFORMS file has been moved to doc/platforms.texi.
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||
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New in 0.8 - 1997-01-26, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes, and more documentation.
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* Basic support for other language compilers (C++, Fortran, and
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preprocessed assembler).
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* Libtool is now more persistent when linking with the `-static'
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flag fails.
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* New test for hardcoding system linkers, to verify that libtool
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neither creates incorrect binaries, nor takes unnecessary
|
||
precautions while linking against uninstalled shared libraries.
|
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* For clarity, the demo subdirectory no longer uses ansi2knr, and has
|
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been rewritten to avoid ANSI-only constructs.
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* Support for *-*-irix5, *-*-irix6*, and *-*-sco3.2v5*.
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||
|
||
New in 0.7 - 1996-12-08, Gordon Matzigkeit:
|
||
* Total rewrite of libtool, along with a new model for library building.
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||
* Completely rewritten documentation for the new paradigm.
|
||
* Sane handling of broken system linkers, such as the ones on AIX
|
||
and HP-UX.
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||
* configure mode is now a separate program, `ltconfig'
|
||
* The libinfo helper script has been incorporated into the main
|
||
libtool program.
|
||
* Automatic mode guessing, based on the command line.
|
||
* Full support for Automake 1.2 (including ansi2knr features).
|
||
* Support to create reloadable objects using link mode.
|
||
* Support for new `-static' linking flag.
|
||
* Support for stripping libraries during installation.
|
||
* Library version information is now passed on the command line, not
|
||
through a version file.
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||
|
||
Version 0.6 was never released.
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||
|
||
New in 0.5:
|
||
* Disabled install-progs until next version, when it will be correctly
|
||
implemented.
|
||
* Clearer library versioning documentation. See (libtool)Versioning.
|
||
* Renamed gm_PROG_LIBTOOL to AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
|
||
* Libtool now creates pseudo-objects named foo.lo and pseudo-archives named
|
||
libfoo.la instead of foo.o and libfoo.a. See the documentation.
|
||
* libtool compile doesn't interfere with user CFLAGS if they don't
|
||
conflict with the current objtype. From Karl Berry.
|
||
* Created new libinfo helper script.
|
||
* libversion.in files are obsolete -- libtool uses libinfo to read the
|
||
new LIBINFO files.
|
||
* Libtool is better at finding its config file and helper scripts.
|
||
* Support for *-*-gnu*
|
||
|
||
New in 0.4:
|
||
* Bug fixes and new regression tests
|
||
* On unsupported configurations, ``libtool configure'' demotes OBJTYPES to
|
||
`standard' instead of aborting
|
||
* Added new object type, `t', for tcov(1) support
|
||
* Support for *-*-aix3*, *-*-aix4*, *-*-hpux10*, *-*-osf3*, and *-*-solaris2*
|
||
|
||
New in 0.3:
|
||
* Bug fixes and new regression tests
|
||
* Added new uninstall-libs mode
|
||
* Added a host argument to configure mode
|
||
* Fixed debugging/hyper-optimizing flags conflict (from Karl Berry)
|
||
* Support for --no-whole-archive when needed by GNU ld (from Ulrich Drepper)
|
||
* Implementation of --enable-linktype, --enable-profile, --enable-shared,
|
||
--enable-static in gm_PROG_LIBTOOL macro
|
||
* New `libtoolize' program (modeled after GNU gettext's `gettextize') to help
|
||
conversion to libtool
|
||
* New ABOUT-LIBS document for inclusion with libtool-supported packages
|
||
|
||
New in 0.2:
|
||
* Support for *-*-linux
|
||
* Better checking for GNU ld
|
||
* Reimplemented the config file so that it corresponds more closely to the
|
||
variables listed in (libtool)Porting Libtool.
|
||
* Reimplemented the shared library version scheme. See (libtool)Versioning.
|
||
* Replaced `--config-file' and `--version-file' options with `--confdir'
|
||
* Added new install-libs and install-progs modes
|
||
|
||
New in 0.1:
|
||
* First release of libtool
|
||
* Support for: *-*-freebsd*, *-*-netbsd*, *-*-sunos4*, *-*-ultrix4*
|