Re: ncurses 5.6 runs ld directly on file in /usr/lib/ ...

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Michail Vidiassov wrote:

> Dear Thomas,
>
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > > The problem I had in mind is that Apple libtool does not have
> > > -rpath option, it has -install-name to achieve similar effect.
> >
> > yes (now that you remind me, I recall that this is like rpath, but
> > unlike - cannot have multiple install-name's).
>
> I suggest changing the configure error message
> "This is not libtool" to "This is not GNU libtool".

oh - what does Apple libtool say for --version?

> Since Apple libtool, while being a good libtool,
> has options different from GNU libtool,
> the present message is misleading.
> Also, please, state clearly in the INSTALL file
> that ncurses wants GNU libtool, not just some libtool.
>
>      Sincerely, Michail

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