Libtool for uclibc

[sumit.jain at nokia.com]

Thanks Rob. Even I thought so. My cross compiler are for linux... And
even though the tests are failing, I have had no problems with
libraries/applications that use libtool.

Thanks for the help 


Regards,
Sumit

Sumit Kumar Jain
Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore.

-----Original Message-----
From: uclibc-bounces at uclibc.org [mailto:uclibc-bounces at uclibc.org] On
Behalf Of ext Rob Landley
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:16 PM
To: uclibc at uclibc.org
Subject: Re: Libtool for uclibc

On Monday 11 June 2007 09:29:55 sumit.jain at nokia.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to compile libtool for uclibc.

Why?

Libtool as a program the FSF came up with to try to workaround shared
library insanity on weird systems like Solaris and HP-UX.  Libtool does
absolutely nothing on Linux.  Everything I've ever seen using the FSF's
Libtool is also using the FSF's autoconf, which means that if you don't
have libtool on the system, it won't try to use it.

Since it doesn't do anything on Linux, not using it is the same as using
it, assuming it's working correctly (which it usually isn't, it's a
source of bugs when it FAILS to do nothing correctly, which if you asks
me sums up most of the GNU project succinctly).

> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/sumit/libtool-1.5.22/tests'

Translation: Libtools' internal diagnostics are confirming that it's
failing to successfully do nothing.  For most of us, "not going there"
is the correct choice.  (Are you cross compiling from a uClibc Linux
system to Solaris?)

Rob
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