Re: [Help-smalltalk] OS X gst-remote problem

[Duke Normandin]

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

>
> > > I suppose something like
> > >
> > > export LIBTOOLIZE=/opt/local/bin/glibtoolize
> > >
> > > in .bash_profile would make it...
> >
> > cool...
> >
> > But! I suppose inserting the above in my .bash_profile would hose and
> > MacPort builds that uses /usr/bin/libtool - the one from Apple? Is
> > there a way to point *only* your GST code (from git) to the
> > /opt/local/ tree?
>
> No, /usr/bin/libtool is a totally different tool than GNU libtool.  It is a
> kind of replacement for ar, it does not include a compiler wrapper etc. like
> GNU libtool; and it does not come with a libtoolize. Confusing, yes.
>
> But libtool is _never_ invoked, only libtoolize.  The problem is that if you
> use MacPorts aclocal and Apple libtoolize, you get libtool.m4 from MacPorts
> and ltmain.sh from Apple.  So the above line will just make the invocation of
> libtoolize correct, and it won't break anything that uses Apple's libtool.

Thanks for the explanation. I cannot believe the level of creativity
and imagination displayed by Apple in choosing the name "libtool" for
`ar' replacement! Helloooooo?? ;)

BTW, I really enjoyed your podcast with James Robertson! Now I can put
a voice to your email messages. ;)
-- 
Duke