Re: normal ltdl linking suggestions?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> On Monday 09 July 2007 17:47:13 Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > All the world is not Linux.  By not shipping libltdl at all, you're
> > making life difficult for the users of hundreds of other platforms who will
> > have to  install their own libltdl just to build your package, which many
> > will likely decide is too much effort.
>
> well, my software works on linux, netbsd, freebsd, openbsd, dragonflybsd,
> debian/bsd debian/hurd, mac os X, solaris and windows, and i think I got
> success reports about aix and hpux, and embedded linux systems.
> I don't remember getting negative reports, so don't think the current
> situation without a copy of ltdl is bad. also at least two projects are
> libraries used by other applications, in one situation the library is
> actually an implemention of an ABI plugin standard.

Your approach is outright heresy.  With this approach, users would 
simply install a copy of GNU 'autobuild' prior to building all other 
packages.  This would result in no need for embedded autoconf, 
automake, and libtool in all the packages.  Shame on you for 
suggesting such an approach.  Go stand in a corner.

Bob
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