how do libtool convinience libraries work ?

[Thiago Macieira]

Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>How does libtool actually handle these convinience libs on other
> platforms ?

On Darwin:
 -all_load $convenience

Using GNU ld:
 --whole-archive $convenience --no-whole-archive
(depending on the ld version! must test if it supports the flag)

On Solaris 2:
  -z allextract $convenience -z defaultextract

The rest of the platforms don't support convenience libraries, and a 
direct link of the objects into the destination shared-object file is 
necessary. (i.e., replace $convenience with its component .o files)

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