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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Cc: "Gareth Pearce" <tilps AT hotmail DOT com>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: RFC - a few packages
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:48:02 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc: "Gareth Pearce" <tilps AT hotmail DOT com>; <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: RFC - a few packages


>
>
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > Dll number - there is a standard, and if you grab the hacked up
libtool
> > from chucks site, you will automagically create .dll's to that
standard.
> >
>
>
> I don't think we can recommend that official ports be built with
unofficial
> tools (Corinna's sharutils requirement for openSSH notwithstanding).
For
> experimental ports, sure -- but not official ones, until one of the
> following two things happen:

I don't see why not...
1) the libtool scripts are contained within the source tree, no external
packages are needed. Just like auto* are not needed to rebuild a
package, unless Makefile changes are being made. (And even then libtool
doesn't need to get refreshed.
2) The infrastructure libtool uses is the released binutils code.

> b) we make your hacked libtool into an official package and don't wait
for
> Gary.

This is an option, but I don't favour it.

Rob