Re: Another fix for libltdl (fwd)

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From: Godmar Back (gback@cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 13 1999 - 11:26:59 EST


>
> On Jan 13, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>
> >> Currently, yes, but not as soon as we re-introduce native library
> >> extensions in Kaffe. Or should this be completely moved into
> >> libltdl. That would be even better, don't you agree?
>
> > I am somewhat amazed by the ease with which you remove existing
> > functionality from kaffe for the sake of introducing libtool,
> > which is obviously not as mature a tool as we would like.
>
> That was an oversight. I just didn't notice, when I was porting Kaffe
> to libltdl, that, although libltdl supports dlopening non-libtool
> libraries, Kaffe wouldn't automagically do that :-(

Okay, fine. I understand it was an oversight.
I don't understand why libltdl would support it, but kaffe wouldn't.
Is it because of the stuff in Runtime.c?

In any event, I really think that the ability to load plain .so files
in Solaris, Linux, or FreeBSD is essential for making Kaffe an
alternative to Sun. I just don't see any way around it.

        - Godmar


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