lfs-book/appendixa/libtool-desc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents</title>

<para>
The Libtool package contains the libtool and libtoolize programs. It
also contains the ltdl library.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libtool</title>

<para>
Libtool provides generalized library-building support services.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>libtoolize</title>

<para>
libtoolize provides a standard way to add libtool support to a
package.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>ltdl library</title>

<para>
Libtool provides a small library, called `libltdl', that aims at hiding 
the various difficulties of dlopening libraries from programmers.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>