Re: GNU Libtool 1.5.8 released.

[Peter O'Gorman]

Joe Orton wrote:

> Is there any chance of getting a libtool 1.5 release including support
> for the AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS macro?  I keep having to recommend that people
> stick with libtool 1.4 for generating configure scripts.

If I recall correctly, it was decided that it was more a new feature than a 
bugfix. Also with libtool-2.0 coming "real soon now" (and libtool-2.0 has 
such a feature already), it seems unlikely that there will be any further 
releases from branch-1-5. If there is to be one, we can discuss this at that 
time.

Now, even though configure takes a fair bit longer, there are (as far as I 
know) fewer bugs in 1.5.8 than there were in 1.4.x, so I am disappointed 
that you see fit to recommend the older libtool. Maybe you can ensure that 
the rpm from redhat has this patch and then you can simply recommend that 
everyone use redhat :-).

Peter
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