Re: Why doesn't configure use libtool during its test links?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Mar 27, 2001, "Dan Harkless" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Everything is set up nicely so that the eventual link of the main
> executable will use libtool, but the test links done by configure
> _don't_ use it!

> Shouldn't AM_PROG_LIBTOOL cause configure to use libtool during all
> its test links?

Yep.  It's been in my to-do list for ages.

The main stumbling block is that libtool currently requires separate
compile and link phases, whereas autoconf assumes it is possible to
compile-and-link with a single command.

Contributions would be very welcome.

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