Re: [PATCH] New language support interface

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Albert Chin wrote:
> > > We therefore need to supply LT_LANG for these kinds of people.
> >
> > Ok, then I'm in favor of LT_LANG([language tag as defined by
> > autoconf]) but against the proposed new options to LT_INIT. If there
> > is no LT_LANG, language tags should be inferred by configure.ac, else
> > defined explicitly by LT_LANG. This still leaves the libtool bootstrap
> > issue unsolved but I say create a private macro (_LT_xxx) to solve the
> > bootstrap issue.
>
> Anyone agree with this? Or should this patch be committed as-is?

I also agree that the new options to LT_INIT should be avoided since
they may be inferred from other configuration options.  More options
means more user confusion.

Bob
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