Re: libtool option to build both static and shared?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> > This is the solution which currently does work, as long as the OS,
> > tools, and libraries are capable of it.  Note that using
> > --disable-static is not portable so attempting to force only a shared
> > build decreases portability.  [...]
>
> I understand that building shared library only is something that is
> not portable, because it is not possible.

Sometimes it is due to limitations in the language run-time 
environment.  For example, it has been a common problem that the C++ 
standard library provided with GCC is static under Windows due a 
problem with throwing exceptions across DLL boundaries.

Bob
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