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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:49:35 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: DJGPP announcements <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Release 1 of DJGPP packages of libtool 1.5

Hello.

I'd like to announce release 1 of the DJGPP port of libtool 1.5. libtool is "a
generic library support script.  Libtool hides the complexity of using shared
libraries behind a consistent, portable interface." (The description was taken
from libtool's README file.)

libtool 1.5 is a major release. Here are the changes from the NEWS file:

* First stable release of multi-language architecture.
* libtool and libltdl support for Mac OS/X.
* libltdl will now use cygwins dlopen API instead of always forcing
  LoadLibrary.
* Support auto-import patch to binutils on cygwin for much improved dll
  support.
* Bug fixes.

If you are using an earlier version of libtool, I recommend you upgrade.

Note that DJGPP does not support dynamic linking. Consequently this package
will not be very useful to people writing DJGPP-only programs. It may be
useful to people who are trying to make a DJGPP program cross-platform,
starting from the DJGPP environment rather than, say, a Linux environment.

Binary (libt15b.zip, includes info documentation), other-formats
documentation (libt15d.zip) and source (libt15s.zip) packages are available
from Simtel.NET and its mirrors:

http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/libt15b.zip&name=libt15b.zip
http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/libt15d.zip&name=libt15d.zip
http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/libt15s.zip&name=libt15s.zip

If you wish to use libtool in your devlopment environment, please download the
binary distribution. If you wish to view the documentation in DVI, HTML or
PostScript formats, please download the documentation distribution. If you
wish to examine or rebuild libtool from its sources, please download the
source distribution.

Please read the DJGPP-specific readme file after installation:
gnu\libtool1.5\djgpp\readme.dos off the DJGPP directory. You can also read it
here:

http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/libtool/1.5/readme.dos

If you encounter any problems with this port, please feel free to contact me
by e-mail (address below). I also try to read the DJGPP newsgroup,
comp.os.msdos.djgpp, on a regular basis.

Regards,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]