libtoolize and glib-1.2.10

[Nicholas Wourms]

Lapo Luchini wrote:

>> B)He could try adding AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL right before 
>> AM_PROG_LIBTOOL in configure.in, which should tell configure that 
>> building dlls is "OK". However, I will note that the end result is 
>> "undefined symbol Win@Main16" %50 of the time. 
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>
> Nope, it still says the package doesn't support them...
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>> C)Can you help him by referring him to the best documentation for the 
>> whole process?  I would try, but I learned mostly from trial and 
>> error. (A howto for cygwin really should be written...). 
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> Can you nonetheless give me some links?
> I'm doing some google on the words "automake", "autotool", but found 
> nothing really enlightening
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>> D)As I have told you on countless occasions, I use autoupdate to get 
>> me started.  I then 'diff -u configure.in~ configure.in' to see what 
>> it changed.  After evaluating what it changed, I will then go in and 
>> hand edit/revert anything  else.  This method works quite well in 
>> that autoupdate 99% of the time does all the busywork for me,  
>> leaving it to me to fix up any special cases or macros. 
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> OK. I can see what is changed... but I don't understamd what it means ^_^
> I guess I'll pay "info automake" a major visit... it will take some 
> time, though.
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> BTW: using autoupdate/libtoolize/automake/autoheader/autoconf I end up 
> having lotsa warnings
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http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ is a good place to get started, be 
sure to do the exercises included.

Then read the following:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/autoconf-2.53/html_node/index.html
http://www.gnu.org/manual/automake-1.6.1/html_node/automake_toc.html
http://www.gnu.org/manual/libtool-1.4.2/html_node/libtool_toc.html
http://www.murrayc.com/learning/linux/automake/automake.shtml

After that, brush up on what's changed by checking out the info pages 
for the various utilities, since libtool is a CVS version and automake 
is v1.6.2.

Then check out Chuck's dllhelpers, which contain exercises for people to 
get used to using the autotools on Cygwin:

http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/dll-stuff/index.html

This should take about 1-2 weeks to learn, I'd estimate.  You'll be glad 
you did, since about 85% of the packages out there use some form of the 
autotools.  If you run into problems, your best resource is the 
Autoconf/Automake/Libtool mailing lists.  Just send a question there 
with the output, and they should be able to help.

Cheers,
Nicholas