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1.3     ! jmc         1: .\"    $OpenBSD: libtool.1,v 1.2 2017/01/01 18:51:40 zhuk Exp $
1.1       espie       2: .\"
                      3: .\" Copyright (c) 2012 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
                      4: .\"
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1.3     ! jmc        17: .Dd $Mdocdate: January 1 2017 $
1.1       espie      18: .Dt LIBTOOL 1
                     19: .Os
                     20: .Sh NAME
                     21: .Nm libtool
                     22: .Nd compile and link complex libraries
                     23: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     24: .Nm
                     25: is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for the eponymous GNU project.
1.2       zhuk       26: The following differences in behaviour with GNU Libtool are intentional:
                     27: .Bl -bullet
                     28: .It
                     29: Relative
1.3     ! jmc        30: .Fl L
1.2       zhuk       31: paths are put before absolute ones.
1.3     ! jmc        32: This fixes many (but not all, unfortunately) issues when software
        !            33: links to libraries already installed instead of those just built because,
        !            34: for example,
        !            35: .Qq -L/usr/local/lib
1.2       zhuk       36: comes before
1.3     ! jmc        37: .Qq -L../libfoo .
1.2       zhuk       38: .It
                     39: Extra (duplicate)
1.3     ! jmc        40: .Fl L
1.2       zhuk       41: and
1.3     ! jmc        42: .Fl l
        !            43: items are stripped from the link command line.
1.2       zhuk       44: .It
                     45: When both
1.3     ! jmc        46: .Qq -lstdc++
1.2       zhuk       47: and
1.3     ! jmc        48: .Qq -lestdc++
        !            49: are encountered in the link command line, only the latter is kept.
1.2       zhuk       50: .El