(libtool.info)Cheap tricks


Cheap tricks
============

   Here are a few tricks that you can use in order to make
maintainership easier:

   * When people report bugs, ask them to use the `--config',
     `--debug', or `--features' flags, if you think they will help you.
     These flags are there to help you get information directly, rather
     than having to trust second-hand observation.

   * Rather than reconfiguring libtool every time I make a change to
     `ltmain.in', I keep a permanent `libtool' script in my PATH, which
     sources `ltmain.in' directly.

     The following steps describe how to create such a script, where
     `/home/src/libtool' is the directory containing the libtool source
     tree, `/home/src/libtool/libtool' is a libtool script that has been
     configured for your platform, and `~/bin' is a directory in your
     PATH:

          trick$ cd ~/bin
          trick$ sed '/^# ltmain\.sh/q' /home/src/libtool/libtool > libtool
          trick$ echo '. /home/src/libtool/ltmain.in' >> libtool
          trick$ chmod +x libtool
          trick$ libtool --version
          ltmain.sh (GNU @PACKAGE@) @VERSION@@TIMESTAMP@
          trick$

   The output of the final `libtool --version' command shows that the
`ltmain.in' script is being used directly.  Now, modify `~/bin/libtool'
or `/home/src/libtool/ltmain.in' directly in order to test new changes
without having to rerun `configure'.


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