Re: libtool, c++ and SO_names

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 06:50:37PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:

> /bin/sh ../../../../bin/sc-libtool --mode=link g++ -o
> ../../../../lib/libSCkeyval.la ipv2.lo
> 
> So it seems libtool uses g++ for linking, right?

No, that is the syntax for the libtool command line.

<quote>

Link mode
=========

   "Link" mode links together object files (including library objects)
to form another library or to create an executable program.

   MODE-ARGS consist of a command using the C compiler to create an
output file (with the `-o' flag) from several object files.

</quote>

So using g++ here is just part of the calling convention for libtool.  Once
invoked, libtool will "do the right thing", which is not necessarily to run
g++.

-- 
 - mdz