Re: FAQ.libtool

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From: Alexandre Oliva (oliva@dcc.unicamp.br)
Date: Wed Jan 27 1999 - 12:13:37 EST


On Jan 27, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:

> By default, on platforms that lack dlopening mechanisms, Kaffe will be
> linked with its own libraries only. You may extend this list of
> libraries by setting the JAVA_LIBS flag to a list of *libtool* (.la)
> libraries.

> This paragraph seems to imply that you cannot link kaffe with
> foreign libraries that are not .la archives.

This has to do with -dlopen, because JAVA_LIBS is the list of
-dlopened libraries. AFAIK, -dlopen only works for .la files, but I
may be wrong.

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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil


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