Re: libtool and mkoctfile

[John W. Eaton]

On  3-Nov-2009, Thomas Weber wrote:

| On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:29:08PM -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
| > I would like to make the mkoctfile script use libtool to create .oct
| > files, the same as we will soon be using in the Makefiles that build
| > the .oct files that are part of Octave.  I think I have most of the
| > details worked out, but one problem remains.  Libtool is a Unix shell
| > script, so we will need to do something for Windows systems.  Is it
| > reasonable for Octave to require a Unix command shell and the
| > associated commands that libtool requires for building .oct files?
| 
| http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libtool.htm
| 
| Or is this the wrong program?

That version is too old.  But it still appears to be a Unix shell
script, which requires a Unix shell interpreter to work.

jwe