Re: Problems with libtool 2.2.2 and /bin/sh pointing to dash

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > We could consider doing that, to avoid these issues.  Of course
> > alongside an AU_DEFUN that recommends at autoupdate time that LT_OUTPUT
> > be removed if packages don't need ./libtool inside configure.
> > Yes, it would be slower.
>
> Much slower.  And with more file droppings to feed and care for.
>
> > Thoughts on this?
>
> -1

Agreed. -1.

> If someone really wants to upgrade from 1.5.x to 2.x, then I'd rather
> send them a canned response and paste something from the manual to the
> list until google can find the answer without effort, than I would deal
> with asking people to jump through more hoops in order to have libtool
> not be so slow.

The reality is that OS package maintainers will develop patches so 
that the packages work with the version of libtool that they decide to 
re-libtoolize the packages with.  It is not necessary for libtool 2.X 
to work absolutely the same as 1.5.X.  Hopefully upstream package 
maintainers will learn about these fixes and they will appear in later 
releases.

Bob
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