7BUILDING LIBRARIES WITH LIBTOOL
The years teach much which the days never know.— Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Experience”
After too many bad experiences building shared libraries for multiple platforms without the help of GNU Libtool, I have come to two conclusions. First, the person who invented the concept of shared libraries should be given a raise . . . and a bonus. Second, the person who decided that shared library management interfaces and naming conventions should be left to the implementation should be flogged.
The very existence of Libtool stands as a witness to the truth of this sentiment. Libtool exists for only one reason—to provide a standardized, ...
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