Re: gettext 0.10.40 build problem of tar-1.13.25 on Yellow Dog GNU/Linux

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert writes:
> Your first patch makes sense, but I don't understand the need for the
> second patch.  It suggests that the Tar installer must use libtool,
> even though the installation process does not generate a shared
> library.  This runs counter to the Libtool manual, which says:
> 
>    If you choose at this point to "install" the library (put it in a
>    permanent location) before linking executables against it, then you
>    don't need to use libtool to do the linking.  Simply use the
>    appropriate `-L' and `-l' flags to specify the library's location.

The Libtool manual also says

   GNU Libtool simplifies the developer's job by encapsulating both
   the platform-specific dependencies, and the user interface, in a
   single script.  GNU Libtool is designed so that the complete
   functionality of each host type is available via a generic
   interface, but nasty quirks are hidden from the programmer.

"complete functionality" IMO also includes -rpath. At least it does
with libtool 1.4.

> There has to be a better way to address this problem.

Followup under subject "use of libtool for linking executables - rpath
problem".

Bruno