RE: another darwin patch

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Howard Chu wrote:
> > The idea is for libtool to enable the *portable* creation of shared
> > libraries on as many platforms as possible.  If a feature can not be
> > supported in a portable fashion, then it is not supported at all.
>
> GCC is a tool to enable the portable compilation of C code on as many
> platforms as possible. That being said, it still has platform-specific
> switches to allow a knowledgeable developer to take advantage of specific
> quirks of that given platform.

Perhaps once libtool actually accomplishes its objective of being able
to support the *portable* creation of shared libraries on as many
platforms as possible, then it can think about supporting
platform-specific refinements.  Until then, libtool should focus on
operating reliably and correctly.

I am sure you will agree that the gcc developers put first priority on
being able to compile a C module to object code on the target
platform.

Bob
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