On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 08:09:31AM -0700, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> The xfsprogs package uses libtool for building its objects; no problem
> there. However, it requires that libtool be installed on the host
> system during the configure process, but this should not be necessary.
> The proper way to integrate libtool into a source package includes a
^^^^^^
Why? libtool is a very hairy 5000+ line shell script ... since all
distributions include it in a nice self-contained package, I don't
understand why every package should also include an arbitary version
of it as well.
> copy of the final libtool script itself (not the whole libtool
> distribution) _into_ the source package, so that the package can be
> built without the host system needing to have libtool installed.
Numerous other build tools must be installed to build XFS userspace,
requiring libtool be installed as well doesn't seem like a big deal.
> Can someone look into improving this situation?
I see no compelling reason to change it.
cheers.
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Nathan
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