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Invoking `libtool'
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   The `libtool' program has the following synopsis:

     libtool [OPTION]... [MODE-ARG]...

and accepts the following options:

`--config'
     Display libtool configuration variables and exit.

`--debug'
     Dump a trace of shell script execution to standard output.  This
     produces a lot of output, so you may wish to pipe it to `less' (or
     `more') or redirect to a file.

`-n'
`--dry-run'
     Don't create, modify, or delete any files, just show what commands
     would be executed by libtool.

`--features'
     Display basic configuration options.  This provides a way for
     packages to determine whether shared or static libraries will be
     built.

`--preserve-dup-deps'
     Do not remove duplicate dependencies in libraries.  When building
     packages with static libraries, the libraries may depend
     circularly on each other (shared libs can too, but for those it
     doesn't matter), so there are situations, where -la -lb -la is
     required, and the second -la may not be stripped or the link will
     fail.  In cases where these duplications are required, this option
     will preserve them, only stripping the libraries that libtool
     knows it can safely.

`--finish'
     Same as `--mode=finish'.

`--help'
     Display a help message and exit.  If `--mode=MODE' is specified,
     then detailed help for MODE is displayed.

`--mode=MODE'
     Use MODE as the operation mode.  By default, the operation mode is
     inferred from the MODE-ARGS.

     If MODE is specified, it must be one of the following:

    `compile'
          Compile a source file into a libtool object.

    `execute'
          Automatically set the library path so that another program
          can use uninstalled libtool-generated programs or libraries.

    `finish'
          Complete the installation of libtool libraries on the system.

    `install'
          Install libraries or executables.

    `link'
          Create a library or an executable.

    `uninstall'
          Delete installed libraries or executables.

    `clean'
          Delete uninstalled libraries or executables.

`--version'
     Print libtool version information and exit.

   The MODE-ARGS are a variable number of arguments, depending on the
selected operation mode.  In general, each MODE-ARG is interpreted by
programs libtool invokes, rather than libtool itself.

Compile mode

Creating library object files.

Link mode

Generating executables and libraries.

Execute mode

Debugging libtool-generated programs.

Install mode

Making libraries and executables public.

Finish mode

Completing a library installation.

Uninstall mode

Removing installed executables and libraries.

Clean mode

Removing uninstalled executables and libraries.