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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="libtool.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>libtool</productname>
+ <productnumber>&libtool-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&libtool-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool">
+ <primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
+ It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
+ interface.</para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&libtool-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&libtool-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Libtool</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>To test the results<!--(about 11.0 SBU)-->, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note><para>The test time for libtool can be reduced significantly on a
+ system with multiple cores. To do this, append
+ <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j&lt;N&gt;</command> to the line above. For
+ instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
+ percent.</para></note>
+
+ <para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build environment due
+ to a circular dependency, but all tests pass if rechecked after
+ automake is installed.</para>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of Libtool</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg>
+ <seg>libltdl.so</seg>
+ <seg>/usr/include/libltdl and /usr/share/libtool</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libtool">
+ <term><command>libtool</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Provides generalized library-building support services</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool">
+ <primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libtoolize">
+ <term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Provides a standard way to add <command>libtool</command>
+ support to a package</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize">
+ <primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libltdl">
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl">
+ <primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>