Re: TODO

[Jacob Meuser]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:01:38PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> >
> >but this only works is all the libraries have .la files, right?
> >what happens if not all those libraries were built with libtool?
> >how would libtool find the dependent libraries if there is no .la?
> 
> That is a function of pkg-config. :-)
> 
> >>From the outside, nothing changes.  Except that libtool trusts you
> >>to have linked your deplibs properly.
> >
> >generally, it's a good idea to list all dependent libraries,
> >because it must be done on some systems.  now if libtool starts
> >saying "don't do this", then people will just not do it, whether
> >they understand the issues involved or not.
> 
> At least for libraries with .la files, libtool would silently drop the 
> extra dependencies (relying on the linker to add them) and would not 
> say "don't do this".  I agree that typical developers react to error 
> messages and warnings, and may not spend enough time to understand all 
> the issues.

well, by libtool I meant in the documentation, the examples, on this
list, etc.  but of course, most people don't read that stuff anyway :(

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