lfs-book/chapter08/libtool.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" role="wrap">
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  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>libtool</productname>
    <productnumber>&libtool-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&libtool-url;</address>
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  <title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool">
    <primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
    It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
    interface.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&libtool-fin-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&libtool-fin-du;</seg>
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  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libtool</title>

    <para>Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results<!--(about 11.0 SBU)-->, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <note><para>The test time for libtool can be reduced significantly on a
    system with multiple cores.  To do this, append
    <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j&lt;N&gt;</command> to the line above.  For
    instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
    percent.</para></note>

    <para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build environment due
    to a circular dependency, but all tests pass if rechecked after 
    automake is installed.</para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

    <!-- dev: - -disable-static works but causes additional test failures
              so we manually remove the static library -->

    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libltdl.a</userinput></screen>

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  <sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Libtool</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg>
        <seg>libltdl.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/libltdl and /usr/share/libtool</seg>
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      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="libtool">
        <term><command>libtool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Provides generalized library-building support services</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool">
            <primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libtoolize">
        <term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Provides a standard way to add <command>libtool</command>
          support to a package</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize">
            <primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libltdl">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl">
            <primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

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