Re: Mac OSX

[Peter O'Gorman]

D.Walsh wrote:

> Peter, are you trying to tell me that the "libtool" supplied and 
> installed in Mac OSX is not the "GNU libtool"?

Yes, I am, in a way. Apple ships GNU libtool as /usr/bin/glibtool, and has a 
completely different program as /usr/bin/libtool. Let me demonstrate:

peter% /usr/bin/libtool --version
/usr/bin/libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
Usage: /usr/bin/libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist 
listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
Usage: /usr/bin/libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist 
listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] 
[-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] 
[-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table 
<filename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load] 
[-noall_load]
peter% what /usr/bin/libtool
/usr/bin/libtool
        PROGRAM:cctools_misc  PROJECT:cctools-525  DEVELOPER:root 
BUILT:Thu Jul 15 17:35:13 PDT 2004
peter% file /usr/bin/libtool
/usr/bin/libtool: Mach-O executable ppc

And then:
peter% /usr/bin/glibtool --version
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5 (1.1220 2003/04/05 19:32:58)

Copyright (C) 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
peter% what /usr/bin/glibtool
/usr/bin/glibtool
peter% file /usr/bin/glibtool
/usr/bin/glibtool: Bourne shell script text executable

> Apple documentation claims that it is.

Where? They may have a documentation bug.

Peter
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