Re: Constantly changing libtool

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021, Laurence Marks wrote:
> In the same way as autoXZY sets up Makefiles in an OS independent fashion,
> there should be a way to autoupdate autoXYZ files for each system without
> user intervention. (I don't mean automake itself or similar, I do mean only
> the local files.) In an ideal world this would be a macro in
> configure.ac....

When dealing with updated software there might not be any viable 
approach other than to install the various Autotools packages using a 
common installation prefix.

Sometimes executing

  autoreconf --install --force

using an existing Autotools installation is a viable solution.

Given that all of the software you are using is already released and 
sometimes very archaic, you are going to need to deal with the 
situation in front of you.  There is not going to be some new release 
which is somehow going to solve this issue to your satisfaction.

Bob
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