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| author | midipix <writeonce@midipix.org> | 2024-04-10 21:53:48 +0000 |
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| committer | midipix <writeonce@midipix.org> | 2024-04-10 21:53:48 +0000 |
| commit | 869b912aa0fe83db78027a24eb87b92ec6a9884b (patch) | |
| tree | 5b7468d57f92f8dacc570666a2c0433214d1b887 /README | |
| parent | 3be227dd0db4a3510d7871d4226a028c9274a5fb (diff) | |
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README: remove obsolete info (predates --export-symbols[-regex] and libsltdl).
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@@ -115,22 +115,9 @@ that should be noted. - no-ops - `-R`, which adds a path to the generated program's run-time search path; this switch is currently not needed, and is accordingly ignored. - - `-export-symbols`, which exports symbols listed in a given file, and - `-export-symbols-regex`, which exports symbols matching a regex; - both are unimplemented because similar functionality has long been - provided by the compiler or toolchain; `gcc` has supported setting ELF - visibility since v4.0, for instance, and PE import library support is - provided by slibtool via the --output-def linker switch and a subsequent - invocation of dlltool. - `-no-install`, which considers the executable wrapper to be optional; this switch is not needed on modern systems, and is accordingly ignored. -- No `libltdl`. - libltdl is nowadays no longer needed; it serves to provide a `dlopen()` - functionality on systems which do not offer it, i.e. HP-UX and BeOS, - however since neither HP-UX nor BeOS is currently supported by slibtool, - there exists no urgent need to provide equivalent functionality. - ## Development Major changes to slibtool should be discussed on [#slibtool] prior to pursuing |