How does the configure process decide to create shared libraries?

[Jim Wilson]

David Daney wrote:
> Here is my question:  Which part of the configure process controls 
> setting build_libtool_libs to yes or no?

A quick grep shows that ltconfig seems to be the file you want to look 
at.  Search for PORTME for the target dependent part.  This file is part 
of libtool, and patches need to go into libtool before they can be 
merged into gcc.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com