Re: Replacing ar with libtool

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, Simon Richter wrote:
> Libtool supports "convenience libraries", which are unpacked and repacked 
> automatically to merge all objects to a single large library. That takes a 
> bit of extra time in a build and cannot be parallelized either, but in large 
> projects it makes the Makefile.am a little more readable.

Libtool "convenience libraries" are evil.  If a project is using 
Automake, then using a non-recursive build will allow avoiding such 
things and dramatically improve build times.  Automake is not 
required, but it makes the task easier.

Bob
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