Libtool for uclibc

[Rob Landley]

On Monday 11 June 2007 09:29:55 sumit.jain at nokia.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to compile libtool for uclibc.

Why?

Libtool as a program the FSF came up with to try to workaround shared library 
insanity on weird systems like Solaris and HP-UX.  Libtool does absolutely 
nothing on Linux.  Everything I've ever seen using the FSF's Libtool is also 
using the FSF's autoconf, which means that if you don't have libtool on the 
system, it won't try to use it.

Since it doesn't do anything on Linux, not using it is the same as using it, 
assuming it's working correctly (which it usually isn't, it's a source of 
bugs when it FAILS to do nothing correctly, which if you asks me sums up most 
of the GNU project succinctly).

> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/sumit/libtool-1.5.22/tests'

Translation: Libtools' internal diagnostics are confirming that it's failing 
to successfully do nothing.  For most of us, "not going there" is the correct 
choice.  (Are you cross compiling from a uClibc Linux system to Solaris?)

Rob