Re: system libraries that need -R/path/

[Albert Chin]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 03:09:57AM -0500, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> IMO the macros belong in autoconf, as autoconf is where folks are *using*
> the libraries and need the -R flag.
> 
> I would not want to have to remember to update/install libtool someplace
> in order to get these macros.  I don't want to tell folks who want to use
> the maintainer version of the NTP tree that they now also have to install
> libtool.  NTP does not use libtool and I have no plans for it to do so.
> 
> But wherever they end up, I'd prefer that they be integrated ASAP, as I want
> to use this for the next release of NTP.

The proposed macro will fail on Tru64 UNIX, AIX, and HP-UX. This is
due to the limits discussed at the end of Bruno's email. Do we want a
macro that fails on these systems?

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albert chin (address@hidden)