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Re: PATCH: Fix shared library build for libiberty
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 12:47:51PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > Just to make sure that everyone understands that we don't build
> > libiberty.so for libiberty.
>
> Right, but some distros do. We don't support them, but they do.
>
> > If we build libiberty.so, we have to be very careful about the ABI.
>
> In general, we are, but not enough for .so's.
>
> > If we don't build libiberty.so, I don't see there is a need for
> > libtool. My top level patch is better.
>
> I'd rather use something compatible with all the other libraries, so
> that things are more likely to "just work". Having extra files in
> toplevel just for libiberty, when everyeone else is doing something
> different, is bad.
>
> Plus, if someone *does* want to make a libiberty.so for themselves,
> this would make it a bit easier for them.
Do we want to use automake on libiberty? Every other library uses it.
H.J.