Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT(use-libtool) and Automake's "make distcheck"

[Bruno Haible]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz writes:

> In fact I tend to agree with Simon's initial comment:
> 
>   If the embeded intl/libintl.la is built as a shared library,
>      some program is linked with this shared library,
>      and this program is installed
>   then 
>      the library should be installed too.

Yes. However, if any other package than GNU gettext installed
libintl.so, we'd get lots of new problems (rpl_malloc, package
dependencies. So please don't do this.

> If for some reason it doesn't sound sensible to install this
> shared library, then it cannot be used by installable programs
> and I can't see the purpose of `use-libtool' (linking
> non-installed programs?).

You are right. I will undocument the `use-libtool'. (Linking
non-installed programs would be the only remaining application of
'use-libtool', but it is quite rare to do so.)

Bruno (who was lost in a maze of tricky configuration options)