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Re: Get rid of libtool? [was Re: Makefile problems]


From: Bob Ham
Subject: Re: Get rid of libtool? [was Re: Makefile problems]
Date: 16 Jul 2002 16:52:24 +0100

On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 00:28, Tom Tromey wrote:

> To be fair, sometimes one is forced to use tools one might prefer not
> to.  For instance, suppose you need to do some work on gcc.  Well,
> some directories in gcc use automake.  If you hate automake, what can
> you do?  Historically the answer is: lobby for its removal :-),
> typically by criticizing it.  One would hope another plausible
> approach would be to try to improve it...

Alternatively, could one not just use normal make rules in Makefile.am's
in order to get past automake's limitations?

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Bob Ham: address@hidden  http://pkl.net/~node/



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