Re: Relation between libtool and pkg-config

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, Richard Lemieux wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a document explaining the general architecture of
> 'libtool', where it stores information, and where it takes information from,
> and how it interacts with 'pkg-config'?

Libtool does not interface with 'pkg-config' at all.  Application 
configure scripts (based on Autoconf) may execute 'pkg-config' to 
obtain package configuration information.  This configuration 
information is saved in the generated makefiles and configuration 
headers.  Ultimately, some of this information is used by the 
compile/link/install steps, which libtool plays a role in.  This is 
why you won't find mention of 'pkg-config' in the 
autoconf/automake/libtool documentation.

As far as where libtool stores information, it stores information in 
"library.la" files in order to include additional linkage information 
necessary to use the library properly.

Bob
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