Re: libtool--devo--1.0--patch-97

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bob!

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>>> Clearly something is wrong because I just re-bootstrapped using Automake
>>> 1.9 and the latest libtool and it took just a few seconds. I then ran a
>>> VPATH configure and build and that just took a few seconds as well.
>>> Testing takes the same time as before, so I guess testing is still ok.
>>
>>
>> Did you miss a :-) or is there actually something wrong (other than not
>> needing your 3.6GHz cpu anymore)?
> 
> Dry humor becomes completely ineffective with the addition of a :-)

Phew!  I thought I'd have to stop patting myself on the back there for a
minute :-o

> There has been a sudden improvement on the order of at least several
> orders of magnitude for libtool maintainers or for those who want to
> give CVS libtool a try.
> 
> There are still a few rough edges, but the minimum level of effort
> required to assist with maintaining libtool has been substantially reduced.

Not to mention the amount of time wasted by current maintainers.  Anyway,
glad you like it.  And for my next trick, I shall try to make distcheck
work properly.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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