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authorrh <rh@pkgsrc.org>2000-06-01 11:28:08 +0000
committerrh <rh@pkgsrc.org>2000-06-01 11:28:08 +0000
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Add note about obsolete pkglibtool.
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-# $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 $
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@@ -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+became outdated and is now deprecated.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+USE_PKGLIBTOOL in existing packages that still use this outdated version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
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