Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:52:47 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: all those .la files Message-ID: <199903021952.UAA00615@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Mar 1999 07:38:16 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903020734160.383-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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Chuck Robey writes: >And the reasons that I don't want FreeBSD to require libtool are: > >1) the author, pretty obviously from the Linux camp, has seen fit to > embed several nasty comments about other OSs in it (including > comments about FreeBSD), and >2) libtool is a solution running after a non-existent problem (it > solves nothing whatsoever!) Seeing as it's broken for more > platforms than it works for, it actually makes compiling > and linking far more difficult. > >I want libtool to go away, so I can't get behind any effort to add it. > hear, hear ! Everytime I install a port which uses libtool I have to go in and edit the damned thing because it always screws up setting PATH. A royal PITA. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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