Re: system libraries that need -R/path/

[Gary V. Vaughan]

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Akim Demaille wrote:
|  > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 06:14:01PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
|  >>
|  >> >> Does somebody have an autoconf macro to handle adding -R/path/
|  >> >> stuff when libraries are found?
|  >>
|  >> > You find it in the autoconf-lib-link directory of the GNU gettext
|  >> > distribution.
|  >>
|  >> How about moving these macros into Autoconf now?
|
|  > I think libtool is the proper solution. If it's broken somehow, then
|  > it should be fixed.
|
| This has already been discussed.  These macros are about *using* libs,
| libtool is about *building* them.

Libtool is also about linking to libtool libs.

It does feel more natural to merge Bruno's macros into libtool rather than
autoconf, and this is where I think most people will expect to find them.  It
will be easier to keep code for testing hardcode_direct flags and the like in
synch if they share a factored macro maintained in one place.

Either way, I agree that they are certainly out of place in gettext.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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