Re: [Bug-readline] Build readline with libtool?

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/15/14, 1:30 PM, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:

>> Is there some existing system for which this (unsupported) is an actual
>> problem?
> 
> It's not the 'unsupported' part. For AIX I've found a non-trivial, but still
> manpage-following way to create shared libraries with full 'SONAME' support.
> It was fairly "easy" to implement this way within libtool, because of its
> already existing many-platforms/many-variants support "framework".
> What I'm tired of is reinventing the wheel for each home-brewed many-platform
> sharedlib support again and again. Instead, I'd love to see anyone to at least
> /allow/ outsourcing the shared library creation to libtool.

You've done the work; I'd like to see you share it.  That way I can
incorporate it into the bash/readline shared object creation script.
Even the commands to use to create and install shared libraries would
be useful.  I don't have or use AIX, so I rely on those who do.

Chet

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