Updating libtool in GCC and srctree

[Andreas Schwab]

Steve Ellcey <sje@cup.hp.com> writes:

>> > I downloaded the 2.1a snapshot of libtool and found
>> 
>> Are you sure you want to use the (rather oldish) 2.1a snapshot?  I think
>> you'll better off using the latest stable release which is 1.5.22.
>
> I thought that 2.1a was a snapshot of ToT.

Sorry, I was confused.  You are right.

>> > ltmain.sh in libltdl/config/ltmain.sh, I copied that to the top level of
>> > the src tree and then removed libtool.m4,
>> 
>> You'll still need libtool.m4.
>
> Are you sure?  According to
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Distributing> we
> shouldn't need libtool.m4 in our package.

You still need the macros when you regenerate configure.

Andreas.

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