Re: Patch to allow make to load plugins that add new functions.

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 22:35 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:30:31 -0400
> > From: David Boyce <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> > 
> > Sorry, I've never used libltdl. Maybe it would have been better just
> > to say "libraries exist to paper over the differences between various
> > platforms dynamic linking APIs; consider not reinventing the wheel".
> 
> Well, FWIW, I've built Guile, which uses libltdl, with MinGW, and
> didn't have any problems.

Maybe this is just irrational prejudice but I've never had a good
experience using libtool and I'm SO uninterested in fighting with it in
GNU make.

I will admit that my distaste is so extreme that I've not even gone near
it for the last 5 years or more.  Maybe (hopefully) it's much improved.