Re: Problem compiling libgtop

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Simon Kinahan wrote:

> Tom Dyas wrote:
> > 
> > Upgrade to libtool 1.2.
> > 
> > Tom
> 
> Is this a bug, or is this a new feature that the Makefile relies on ?
> Whatever, it should be documented in the FAQ or the build instructions
> for Redhat Linux users (unless it already is of course) as RH5.1 comes
> with libtool 1.0

It's a new feature that was added somwhere between libtool 1.0 and
libtool 1.2.

The Makefile relies upon the this feature - and if you look at the
autogen.sh of for instance glib:

(libtool --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
        echo
        echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $PROJECT."
        echo "Get ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool-1.2b.tar.gz"
        echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
        DIE=1
}

or the standard autogen.sh from the macros directory:

(libtool --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo
    echo "**Error**: You must have "\`libtool\'" installed to compile
Gnome."
    echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool-1.2.tar.gz"
    echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
    DIE=1
}

I don't know whether this is documented in the FAQ or in the build
instructions, but since most autogen.sh's tell you to use libtool 1.2
it should be clear ...

Martin

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