Re: system libraries that need -R/path/

[Harlan Stenn]

IMO the macros belong in autoconf, as autoconf is where folks are *using*
the libraries and need the -R flag.

I would not want to have to remember to update/install libtool someplace
in order to get these macros.  I don't want to tell folks who want to use
the maintainer version of the NTP tree that they now also have to install
libtool.  NTP does not use libtool and I have no plans for it to do so.

But wherever they end up, I'd prefer that they be integrated ASAP, as I want
to use this for the next release of NTP.

H
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> | This has already been discussed.  These macros are about *using* libs,
> | libtool is about *building* them.
> 
> Libtool is also about linking to libtool libs.
> 
> It does feel more natural to merge Bruno's macros into libtool rather than
> autoconf, and this is where I think most people will expect to find them.  It
> will be easier to keep code for testing hardcode_direct flags and the like in
> synch if they share a factored macro maintained in one place.