Re: Octave 3.6.4-rc0 release candidate available for ftp

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 18, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

> On 10/18/12 10:48 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> $ libtool --version
>> libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
>> Usage: libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] 
>> [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
>> Usage: libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] 
>> [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] [-compatibility_version 
>> #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] 
>> [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table <filename>] 
>> [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load] [-noall_load]
>> 
>> hmmm ... I'll just ask MacPorts.
>> 
>> $ port installed libtool
>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>  libtool @2.4_1
>>  libtool @2.4.2_0
>>  libtool @2.4.2_2
>>  libtool @2.4.2_3 (active)
>> 
>> The link below indicates that I'm using the same libtool as you ... but why 
>> is the syntax is different?
>> 
>>      http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=libtool
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Apple has their own "libtool" which is not at all similar to GNU's
> libtool.  Fink installs the latter executable under the name "glibtool",
> and Macports may well do the same.

MacPorts apparently does not rename libtool

        $ which libtool
        /opt/local/bin/libtool

Ben