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 13.4 `libtool' script contents
 ==============================
 
 Since version 1.4, the `libtool' script is generated by `configure'
 ( Configuring).  In earlier versions, `configure' achieved this
 by calling a helper script called `ltconfig'.  From libtool version 0.7
 to 1.0, this script simply set shell variables, then sourced the
 libtool backend, `ltmain.sh'.  `ltconfig' from libtool version 1.1
 through 1.3 inlined the contents of `ltmain.sh' into the generated
 `libtool', which improved performance on many systems.  The tests that
 `ltconfig' used to perform are now kept in `libtool.m4' where thay can
 be written using Autoconf.  This has the runtime performance benefits
 of inlined `ltmain.sh', _and_ improves the build time a little while
 considerably easing the amount of raw shell code that used to need
 maintaining.
 
    The convention used for naming variables which hold shell commands
 for delayed evaluation, is to use the suffix `_cmd' where a single line
 of valid shell script is needed, and the suffix `_cmds' where multiple
 lines of shell script *may* be delayed for later evaluation.  By
 convention, `_cmds' variables delimit the evaluation units with the `~'
 character where necessary.
 
    Here is a listing of each of the configuration variables, and how
 they are used within `ltmain.sh' ( Configuring):
 
  -- Variable: AR
      The name of the system library archiver.
 
  -- Variable: CC
      The name of the C compiler used to configure libtool.
 
  -- Variable: LD
      The name of the linker that libtool should use internally for
      reloadable linking and possibly shared libraries.
 
  -- Variable: NM
      The name of a BSD-compatible `nm' program, which produces listings
      of global symbols in one the following formats:
 
           ADDRESS C GLOBAL-VARIABLE-NAME
           ADDRESS D GLOBAL-VARIABLE-NAME
           ADDRESS T GLOBAL-FUNCTION-NAME
 
  -- Variable: RANLIB
      Set to the name of the ranlib program, if any.
 
  -- Variable: allow_undefined_flag
      The flag that is used by `archive_cmds' in order to declare that
      there will be unresolved symbols in the resulting shared library.
      Empty, if no such flag is required.  Set to `unsupported' if there
      is no way to generate a shared library with references to symbols
      that aren't defined in that library.
 
  -- Variable: always_export_symbols
      Whether libtool should automatically generate a list of exported
      symbols using EXPORT_SYMBOLS_CMDS before linking an archive.  Set
      to `yes' or `no'.  Default is `no'.
 
  -- Variable: archive_cmds
  -- Variable: archive_expsym_cmds
  -- Variable: old_archive_cmds
      Commands used to create shared libraries, shared libraries with
      `-export-symbols' and static libraries, respectively.
 
  -- Variable: old_archive_from_new_cmds
      If the shared library depends on a static library,
      `old_archive_from_new_cmds' contains the commands used to create
      that static library.  If this variable is not empty,
      `old_archive_cmds' is not used.
 
  -- Variable: old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds
      If a static library must be created from the export symbol list in
      order to correctly link with a shared library,
      `old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds' contains the commands needed to
      create that static library.  When these commands are executed, the
      variable SONAME contains the name of the shared library in
      question, and the $OBJDIR/$NEWLIB contains the path of the static
      library these commands should build.  After executing these
      commands, libtool will proceed to link against $OBJDIR/$NEWLIB
      instead of SONAME.
 
  -- Variable: build_libtool_libs
      Whether libtool should build shared libraries on this system.  Set
      to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: build_old_libs
      Whether libtool should build static libraries on this system.  Set
      to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: compiler_c_o
      Whether the compiler supports the `-c' and `-o' options
      simultaneously. Set to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: compiler_o_lo
      Whether the compiler supports compiling directly to a ".lo" file,
      i.e whether object files do not have to have the suffix ".o".  Set
      to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: dlopen_support
      Whether `dlopen' is supported on the platform.  Set to `yes' or
      `no'.
 
  -- Variable: dlopen_self
      Whether it is possible to `dlopen' the executable itself.  Set to
      `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: dlopen_self_static
      Whether it is possible to `dlopen' the executable itself, when it
      is linked statically (`-all-static').  Set to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: echo
      An `echo' program which does not interpret backslashes as an
      escape character.
 
  -- Variable: exclude_expsyms
      List of symbols that should not be listed in the preloaded symbols.
 
  -- Variable: export_dynamic_flag_spec
      Compiler link flag that allows a dlopened shared library to
      reference symbols that are defined in the program.
 
  -- Variable: export_symbols_cmds
      Commands to extract exported symbols from LIBOBJS to the file
      EXPORT_SYMBOLS.
 
  -- Variable: extract_expsyms_cmds
      Commands to extract the exported symbols list from a shared
      library.  These commands are executed if there is no file
      $OBJDIR/$SONAME-DEF, and should write the names of the exported
      symbols to that file, for the use of
      `old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds'.
 
  -- Variable: fast_install
      Determines whether libtool will privilege the installer or the
      developer.  The assumption is that installers will seldom run
      programs in the build tree, and the developer will seldom install.
      This is only meaningful on platforms in which
      SHLIBPATH_OVERRIDES_RUNPATH is not `yes', so FAST_INSTALL will be
      set to `needless' in this case.  If FAST_INSTALL set to `yes',
      libtool will create programs that search for installed libraries,
      and, if a program is run in the build tree, a new copy will be
      linked on-demand to use the yet-to-be-installed libraries.  If set
      to `no', libtool will create programs that use the
      yet-to-be-installed libraries, and will link a new copy of the
      program at install time.  The default value is `yes' or
      `needless', depending on platform and configuration flags, and it
      can be turned from `yes' to `no' with the configure flag
      `--disable-fast-install'.
 
  -- Variable: finish_cmds
      Commands to tell the dynamic linker how to find shared libraries
      in a specific directory.
 
  -- Variable: finish_eval
      Same as FINISH_CMDS, except the commands are not displayed.
 
  -- Variable: fix_srcfile_path
      Expression to fix the shell variable $srcfile for the compiler.
 
  -- Variable: global_symbol_pipe
      A pipeline that takes the output of NM, and produces a listing of
      raw symbols followed by their C names.  For example:
 
           $ eval "$NM progname | $global_symbol_pipe"
           D SYMBOL1 C-SYMBOL1
           T SYMBOL2 C-SYMBOL2
           C SYMBOL3 C-SYMBOL3
           ...
           $
 
      The first column contains the symbol type (used to tell data from
      code on some platforms), but its meaning is system dependent.
 
  -- Variable: global_symbol_to_cdecl
      A pipeline that translates the output of GLOBAL_SYMBOL_PIPE into
      proper C declarations.  On platforms whose linkers differentiate
      code from data, such as HP/UX, data symbols will be declared as
      such, and code symbols will be declared as functions.  On
      platforms that don't care, everything is assumed to be data.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_action
      Either `immediate' or `relink', depending on whether shared
      library paths can be hardcoded into executables before they are
      installed, or if they need to be relinked.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_direct
      Set to `yes' or `no', depending on whether the linker hardcodes
      directories if a library is directly specified on the command line
      (such as `DIR/libNAME.a') when HARDCODE_LIBDIR_FLAG_SPEC is
      specified.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_into_libs
      Whether the platform supports hardcoding of run-paths into
      libraries.  If enabled, linking of programs will be much simpler
      but libraries will need to be relinked during installation.   Set
      to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_libdir_flag_spec
      Flag to hardcode a LIBDIR variable into a binary, so that the
      dynamic linker searches LIBDIR for shared libraries at runtime.
      If it is empty, libtool will try to use some other hardcoding
      mechanism.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_libdir_separator
      If the compiler only accepts a single HARDCODE_LIBDIR_FLAG, then
      this variable contains the string that should separate multiple
      arguments to that flag.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_minus_L
      Set to `yes' or `no', depending on whether the linker hardcodes
      directories specified by `-L' flags into the resulting executable
      when HARDCODE_LIBDIR_FLAG_SPEC is specified.
 
  -- Variable: hardcode_shlibpath_var
      Set to `yes' or `no', depending on whether the linker hardcodes
      directories by writing the contents of `$shlibpath_var' into the
      resulting executable when HARDCODE_LIBDIR_FLAG_SPEC is specified.
      Set to `unsupported' if directories specified by `$shlibpath_var'
      are searched at run time, but not at link time.
 
  -- Variable: host
  -- Variable: host_alias
      For information purposes, set to the specified and canonical names
      of the system that libtool was configured for.
 
  -- Variable: include_expsyms
      List of symbols that must always be exported when using
      EXPORT_SYMBOLS.
 
  -- Variable: libext
      The standard old archive suffix (normally "a").
 
  -- Variable: libname_spec
      The format of a library name prefix.  On all Unix systems, static
      libraries are called `libNAME.a', but on some systems (such as
      OS/2 or MS-DOS), the library is just called `NAME.a'.
 
  -- Variable: library_names_spec
      A list of shared library names.  The first is the name of the file,
      the rest are symbolic links to the file.  The name in the list is
      the file name that the linker finds when given `-lNAME'.
 
  -- Variable: link_all_deplibs
      Whether libtool must link a program against all its dependency
      libraries.  Set to `yes' or `no'.  Default is `unknown', which is
      a synonym for `yes'.
 
  -- Variable: link_static_flag
      Linker flag (passed through the C compiler) used to prevent dynamic
      linking.
 
  -- Variable: need_lib_prefix
      Whether libtool should automatically prefix module names with
      'lib'.  Set to `yes' or `no'.  By default, it is `unknown', which
      means the same as `yes', but documents that we are not really sure
      about it.  `yes' means that it is possible both to `dlopen' and to
      link against a library without 'lib' prefix, i.e. it requires
      HARDCODE_DIRECT to be `yes'.
 
  -- Variable: need_version
      Whether versioning is required for libraries, i.e. whether the
      dynamic linker requires a version suffix for all libraries.  Set
      to `yes' or `no'.  By default, it is `unknown', which means the
      same as `yes', but documents that we are not really sure about it.
 
  -- Variable: need_locks
      Whether files must be locked to prevent conflicts when compiling
      simultaneously. Set to `yes' or `no'.
 
  -- Variable: no_builtin_flag
      Compiler flag to disable builtin functions that conflict with
      declaring external global symbols as `char'.
 
  -- Variable: no_undefined_flag
      The flag that is used by `archive_cmds' in order to declare that
      there will be no unresolved symbols in the resulting shared
      library.  Empty, if no such flag is required.
 
  -- Variable: objdir
      The name of the directory that contains temporary libtool files.
 
  -- Variable: objext
      The standard object file suffix (normally "o").
 
  -- Variable: pic_flag
      Any additional compiler flags for building library object files.
 
  -- Variable: postinstall_cmds
  -- Variable: old_postinstall_cmds
      Commands run after installing a shared or static library,
      respectively.
 
  -- Variable: postuninstall_cmds
  -- Variable: old_postuninstall_cmds
      Commands run after uninstalling a shared or static library,
      respectively.
 
  -- Variable: reload_cmds
  -- Variable: reload_flag
      Commands to create a reloadable object.
 
  -- Variable: runpath_var
      The environment variable that tells the linker which directories to
      hardcode in the resulting executable.
 
  -- Variable: shlibpath_overrides_runpath
      Indicates whether it is possible to override the hard-coded library
      search path of a program with an environment variable.  If this is
      set to no, libtool may have to create two copies of a program in
      the build tree, one to be installed and one to be run in the build
      tree only.  When each of these copies is created depends on the
      value of `fast_install'.  The default value is `unknown', which is
      equivalent to `no'.
 
  -- Variable: shlibpath_var
      The environment variable that tells the dynamic linker where to
      find shared libraries.
 
  -- Variable: soname_spec
      The name coded into shared libraries, if different from the real
      name of the file.
 
  -- Variable: striplib
  -- Variable: old_striplib
      Command to strip a shared (`striplib') or static (`old_striplib')
      library, respectively.  If these variables are empty, the strip
      flag in the install mode will be ignored for libraries (
      Install mode).
 
  -- Variable: sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec
      Expression to get the run-time system library search path.
      Directories that appear in this list are never hard-coded into
      executables.
 
  -- Variable: sys_lib_search_path_spec
      Expression to get the compile-time system library search path.
      This variable is used by libtool when it has to test whether a
      certain library is shared or static.  The directories listed in
      SHLIBPATH_VAR are automatically appended to this list, every time
      libtool runs (i.e., not at configuration time), because some
      linkers use this variable to extend the library search path.
      Linker switches such as `-L' also augment the search path.
 
  -- Variable: thread_safe_flag_spec
      Linker flag (passed through the C compiler) used to generate
      thread-safe libraries.
 
  -- Variable: version_type
      The library version numbering type.  One of `libtool',
      `freebsd-aout', `freebsd-elf', `irix', `linux', `osf', `sunos',
      `windows', or `none'.
 
  -- Variable: whole_archive_flag_spec
      Compiler flag to generate shared objects from convenience archives.
 
  -- Variable: wl
      The C compiler flag that allows libtool to pass a flag directly to
      the linker.  Used as: `${wl}SOME-FLAG'.
 
    Variables ending in `_cmds' or `_eval' contain a `~'-separated list
 of commands that are `eval'ed one after another.  If any of the
 commands return a nonzero exit status, libtool generally exits with an
 error message.
 
    Variables ending in `_spec' are `eval'ed before being used by
 libtool.
 
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