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Re: normal ltdl linking suggestions?


From: Andreas Jellinghaus
Subject: Re: normal ltdl linking suggestions?
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:46:49 +0200
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On Monday 09 July 2007 23:40:35 Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> I don't think Libtool needs to provide a pkg-config file, but providing
> a macro to use an external libltdl, and having the macro set LTDLINCL
> and LIBLTDL (or other variables) correctly for use should work just
> fine.

debugging configure scripts it not very pleasent. as a result it is best 
practice to use only as many macro packages as needed and use those that have 
a history of working fine without problem.

I don't see what you would get by creating your own macro package, except the 
benefit of calling the magic variables however you please - pkg-config would 
use LIBLTDL_CFLAGS and LIBLTDL_LIBS for libltdl.pc. for someone who maintains 
configure scripts and Makefiles, a common standard for these names is very 
helpfull, and as pkg-config is supported by at least 100 libraries, so it is 
the dominant force.

please also remember that you can do both, provide your own macro package and 
provide a *.pc file. nothing prevents that. but it helps those who don't want 
to get a job done fast - they can rely on the things they know and need not 
to dive into the documentation and read a section about finding and linking 
with ltdl.

so please reconsider providing a *.pc file as well.

Thank you.

Regards, Andreas




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