Re: libtool question

On 29 Aug 2001 17:25:26 -0500, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Near the end of `make install', one sometimes sees something like
> this:
>
> Remember to run 'libtool --finish /usr/local/lib'
>
> I don't always see this, just sometimes. When it does say it, I
> sometimes do what it says, and sometimes don't. Never seems to hurt
> either way. The libtool documentation is pretty vague about what the
> command does:
>
> "Complete the installation of libtool libraries on the system."
>
> Does anyone know, is this important to do?

My recollection:

It's vague because it has to be; the operation varies from Unix to Unix.
All it does on most Linux systems is run ldconfig, I think, and all that
does for this purpose is shuffle symlinks in /usr/local/lib; if you
never change the major version of the library then you won't need to do
it, *on that platform*.

Other Unicies could be considerably more anal about this, and in fact
might; I understand that shared libraries on AIX are particularly
irritating.

-- 
Graham Hughes <graham@lynda.com>
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