slibtoolize: reimplement --system-ltdl by way of an informative tag file.HEADmain

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
index 3140d22..39117c5 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@ const slbt_hidden struct argv_option slbt_stoolie_options[] = {
 			"deferring -lltdl to the system installed library."},
 
 	{"system-ltdl",0,TAG_STLE_SYSTEM_LTDL,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
-			"Do not enforce the use of libsltdl. "
-			"Without this option, --prefer-sltdl will be added to "
-			"slibtool's configured arguments."},
+			"Create the empty tag file (or symlink) sysltdl.tag; "
+			"presence of this tag file shall stand for "
+			"the preference to link against the system-installed "
+			"ltdl library, and package builder wishing to respect "
+			"this preference should set the shell variable "
+			"slibtool_prefer_sltdl to 'no' prior to invoking "
+			"the package's ./configure script."},
+
 
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };