Re: libtool and mkoctfile

[Benjamin Lindner]

> | One problem I see with gnulib is that it is C-centric rather than
> | C++-centric.
>
> What I'm looking for is something that will handle replacing the core
> POSIX functions on systems that don't have them, or that have broken
> versions.  Most often these days, that is Windows, isn't it?  And
> these are relatively low-level functions defined with C language
> interfaces.  So I don't see this as a problem.

If you aim octave to rely on a posix base, then I guess at the end of 
the day, the only reasonable choice for windows platform is cygwin.

benjamin