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author | rh <rh@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-06-01 11:28:08 +0000 |
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committer | rh <rh@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-06-01 11:28:08 +0000 |
commit | c0635e1933273be05ccf6b03a18475a2e74c03ba (patch) | |
tree | d681022155a28f3db95eba5699a6c5d06ff8ab88 /Packages.txt | |
parent | 74add3b300e3abf7ac8ddc6012fef10b7cd5dcff (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-c0635e1933273be05ccf6b03a18475a2e74c03ba.tar.gz |
Add note about obsolete pkglibtool.
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 80a1f397121..f5fc6f73bd5 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.86 2000/05/11 14:55:56 agc Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.87 2000/06/01 11:28:08 rh Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -792,17 +792,22 @@ Here's how to use libtool in a pkg in seven simple steps: 6. In your PLIST, include the .a, .la, and .so.major.minor files. Don't include the ELF symlink files; those are automatic. +Please do not use pkglibtool! Previously, the package system used its +own version of libtool from pkgtools. However, over time, this version +became outdated and is now deprecated. You may see some definitions of +USE_PKGLIBTOOL in existing packages that still use this outdated version +of libtool. Please do not use this definition in new packages! + FOR GNU PKGS THAT ALREADY SUPPORT LIBTOOL: Add USE_LIBTOOL=yes and LTCONFIG_OVERRIDE=${WRKSRC}/ltconfig to the package Makefile as the quick way to bypass the pkg's own libtool. The pkg's own libtool is made by ltconfig script at do-configure target. If USE_LIBTOOL and LTCONFIG_OVERRIDE are defined, the specified ltconfig is -overridden, using the pkgtools/pkglibtool instead of the pkg's own libtool. +overridden, using the devel/libtool instead of the pkg's own libtool. If the pkg already has an original "libtool" which we can replace with -pkgtools/pkglibtool you may have to specify LIBTOOL_OVERRIDE to the package +devel/libtool you may have to specify LIBTOOL_OVERRIDE to the package Makefile. - 6.3 Gotchas of FreeBSD ports ============================ |