Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 8 May 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Is there any reason why libtool uses "/usr/bin/file" instead of "file"
> (/usr/bin being in $PATH)?

Some people have claimed that libtool is slow and substantially slows 
down their builds.  Using full paths to tools is one way to execute 
faster.  Hard-coding a path in a .m4 is just plain wrong.

Bob
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