Re: LT_* equivalent to AC_CHECK_LIB?

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: LT_* equivalent to AC_CHECK_LIB?, Ralf Wildenhues said...:

> * Tim Mooney wrote on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:17:03PM CEST:
> > So to address this, libtool would need to
> >
> > - know how the platform behaves regarding shared library dependencies
> > - in the case of static libraries, continue doing what it's already doing
> > - for shared libraries on platforms where the linker follows library
> >   dependencies
> >         - when creating a shared library, make sure that it's dependent
> >           libraries are recorded (however that's done for a particular
> >           platform, probably just linking) by the library when it's created.
> >         - when linking against a shared library of this type, detect which
> >           libraries are recorded as dependant for the shared library and
> >           leave those out of the list of dependency_libs for the shared
> >           library.
> >
> > Is that about it?
>
> No.  It's much more complicated.

That's what I was afraid of.  Even the steps I outlined were complex, but
I figured someone would have solved it if it was "that easy".

Thanks for clarifying.

Tim
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