Re: rpath command?

[Olly Betts]

In message <address@hidden>, Alexandre Oliva writes:
>[linking a library from other libraries with no object files]
>
>The point is that this just can't be done portably.

Since libtool's major purpose is to allow libraries to be built using a
portable interface, perhaps it should take care of this for the developer?

So on platforms where this doesn't work, perhaps libtool should add a dummy
file implicitly, rather than the developer having to implement the bodge
themselves?

>(ii) automake wouldn't know which compiler/linker to use for the
>library you're creating.  Specifying one or more source files is
>supposed to give automake a clue on which languages are being used in
>the sub-libraries.

This would be an obstacle to libtool creating the bodge file, but the .la
file could be extended to contain information about languages used in a
libtool library.

Cheers,
Olly