[ITP] libungif-4.1.0-1

[Charles Wilson]

Lapo Luchini wrote:

>> Steven's 'mkdll.sh' script is just plain wrong.  libungif is a 
>> libtoolized package, you should just relibtoolize. 
> 
> 
> Problem is.. what is libtool? 0=)
> Well one of the reasons why I work on cygwin is just to learn... I guess 
> it is time to do some google:libtool and go finding a FAQ/manual about it
> (grrr, www.gnu.org is down... I hope libtool manual's mirror at 
> www.delorie.com is fresh enough)


'info libtool' should help...


> 
> Whoa, 950kb instead of 9k patch?


Yes, but it's (almost) all automatically generated.

 
> Now I understand fully all those messages "relibtoolized source package" 
> vs "libtoolize in the script"... I think I prefer the latter, the patch 
> is much cleaner and the user that wants to rebuild the package just 
> needs to install things, doesn't need any special knowledge.


But you don't.  If the package (that'd be you) includes a complete patch 
including all of the relibtoolized bits, then the end user need only 
"./configure; make'.

 
> OK, I prepared the package using "aclocal && libtoolize --force" at the 
> beginning of the "conf" phase.
> Only difference from the past package is that instead of 
> usr/bin/cygungif.dll it creates usr/bin/cygungif-4.dll, is this 
> normal/expected?


Yes, that is normal.

--Chuck