Re: Request for option to disable building of static library

[gary]

address@hidden wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 2:02 pm, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
 > > Firstly, in case you were wondering why libtool builds static libraries 
> > even for loadable modules, libtool via. ltdl supports loading modules 
> > on systems without dynamic loading capabilities using the 
> > -dlopen/-dlpreopen flags.
> 
> Does anyone actaully use this feature these days?
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> Nick

Yup, CVS m4 uses it to make sure that the basic modules required for m4-1.4 
backvard compatibility are preloaded.

Cheers,
        Gary.