[ANNOUNCE] GNU Libtool 1.4

[Gary V . Vaughan]

Hello Libtoolers,

On this, the 2nd anniversary of the release of libtool-1.3, the Libtool Team 
is delighted to announce Libtool version 1.4:  Available now from 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.4.tar.gz and shortly from
all GNU mirror sites.  You will find diffs and xdeltas from libtool-1.3.5
in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/, and diffs and xdeltas from libtool-1.3d 
in ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/.

The md5sums for the new files are:
  68e1cbaef7ffedfd8dd8841ead13e589  libtool-1.3.5-1.4.diff.gz
  b8698da0155839e23b3f22e4429e2e4f  libtool-1.3.5-1.4.tar.xdp.gz
  523b7c4eafa989c21b35c95dbc4d7e16  libtool-1.3d-1.4.diff.gz
  efa33bfbdeba289ee0db514506ef6c4b  libtool-1.3d-1.4.tar.xdp.gz
  ad40e22c9037dc0e569668c30734bc49  libtool-1.4.tar.gz

If you prefer, you can fetch the unbootstrapped sourcecode using anonymous 
CVS by following the instructions ath 
ttp://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html#AnonymousCVS but using the 
tag "release-1-4".

The main user visible differences from the last stable release, version 1.3.5
follow; more details are given in the NEWS file in the release tarballs.

  * ltconfig is no more.  Generation of libtool happens directly from
    the configure file.
  * Complete inter-library dependencies support. It's now possible
    to link libtool libraries against other libtool libraries.
  * Libtool now allows you to link shared libraries against static code.
  * Libtool is able to find already-installed libtool libraries,
    even if they were moved out of their installation directory.
  * New -no-install flag to avoid the use of executable wrapper scripts.
  * New --with-pic, -prefer-pic and -prefer-non-pic flags to control
    the generation of PIC/non-PIC code.
  * Support for hardcoding run-time paths (-R) into libraries.
  * Support -dlopen and -dlpreopen for libraries.
  * "-Xcompiler" and "-Wc," does now work in compile mode, too.
  * New "-Wc,flag" and "-Xcompiler flag" flags to pass flags
    directly to the compiler
  * New "-Wl,flag" and "-Xlinker flag" flags to pass flags
    directly to the linker
  * New "-no-fast-install" flag to selectively disable fast-install mode.
  * Support for installing stripped libraries using GNU strip (install -s).
    Automake >= 1.5 will install stripped libraries with "make install-strip".
  * Multithread safe with lt_dlmutex_register callback registration.
  * New functions in libltdl:
    lt_dlgetinfo, lt_dlhandle_next and lt_dlforeach provide access to module
    specific data in handles.
    lt_dlcaller_register, lt_dlcaller_set_data and lt_dlcaller_get_data
    provide management for user storage of per module data.
    lt_dlloader_next, lt_dlloader_name, lt_dlloader_find, lt_dlloader_add and
    lt_dlloader_remove can be used for adding new types of module loaders.
    lt_dladderror, lt_dlseterror integrate user module loaders with
    lt_dlerror.
  * Support recent dlltool formats.
  * Start of support code for cross-compiling to win32.
  * libltdl can now be built as a dll with win32.
  * m4 macros needed to configure libltdl split out into ltdl.m4.
  * Allow linking shared libraries against static ones
    on FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, GNU Hurd and Solaris
  * Support for linking DLLs on Win32
  * New `clean' mode to delete uninstalled files.
  * New demos and tests
  * Improved support for darwin (rhapsody), mingw32, NetBSD, Compaq Tru64 V5.0
    and Digital Unix V4.*.
  * Initial support for ia64 linux.
  * Initial support for a.out freebsd shared libs.
  * Initial support for Paul Sokolovsky's pw32 POSIX over win32 layer.
  * Support for aix5*.
  * New port to NEWS-OS Release 6.
  * Many bugfixes (especially in libltdl)

Enjoy!
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