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I've used libtool for 20+ years, and found it to be opaque, baroque, slow, incomprehensible, and just plain broken. Previous comments: https://news.ycombinato
by adekok 10y ago
I've used libtool for 20+ years, and found it to be opaque, baroque, slow, incomprehensible, and just plain broken.
Previous comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12253252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12253252
- tannhaeuser 10y agoWish I could upvote your more. The jlibtool I know (and that you seem to have implemented) however is a drop-in replacement for libtool to merely speed up libtool (rather than tar-and-feather libtool out of existence as it deserves to) isn't it? It seems to be used by apache httpd last I checked. Anyway, cudos to those who do something about it. I tried a couple years ago, but haven't followed through.
- adekok 10y agoI took jlibtool from Apache. I don't think they're using it any more. I fixed a lot of bugs. It's now a 95% drop-in replacement for libtool. The builds are MUCH faster than with libtool.