Re: Libtool Digest, Vol 3, Issue 35

[Bill Northcott]

>A convenience library is usually part of your own package,
>it turns into a list of object files when you link to it.
>It could be in a subdirectory, much like libltdl is for
>many packages that use it.
>Here is a section of the manual that mentions them:
>http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#SEC14

Unfortunately all it does do is mention them!  It does not explain what it 
means or how to build or use them.  Is there any useful documentation?

What we are looking for on MacOS X is the ability to link a static library 
into a dylib with the -all-load flag, which ensures all symbols are loaded 
even if not referenced.  Having read the MacOS X ld docs, this is the only 
way to build a dylib which actually includes all the symbol definitions 
from some other library.
I seem to remember seeing libtool use the -all-load flag, but I spent 
several hours reading what documentation there is and I can see no clues 
how to do this.

Bill Northcott