Release Digests: GNU, August 8, 2004 | Linux Today

Release Digests: GNU, August 8, 2004

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 9, 2004

GNU Libtool 1.5.8

The Libtool Team is pleased to announce the release of GNU
Libtool 1.5.8.

GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries
behind a consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU
libltdl, which hides the comlexity of loading dynamic runtime
libraries (modules) behind a consistent, portable interface.

This release has a number of improvements and bug fixes.

New in 1.5.8: Saturday, August 7th 2004

  • Support for Intel C++ version 8.0.
  • Improved support for OpenBSD.
  • Support for xlc on Mac OS X.
  • Better support for zsh as /bin/sh.
  • Much faster check for command line length on all BSD
    systems.
  • Better Mac OS X/darwin support.
  • Bug Fixes.

libtool-1.5.8 is available now from ftp ftp.gnu.org, along with diffs and xdeltas
against libtool-1.5.6 that are also available from ftp.gnu.org/. Please use a mirror to
reduce stress on the main gnu machine:

http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html

Here are the compressed sources:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.8.tar.gz

Here are the xdeltas and diffs against libtool-1.5.6:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.diff.gz

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.xdelta

Here are the gpg detached signatures:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.8.tar.gz.sig

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.diff.gz.sig

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.xdelta.sig

Here are the MD5 and SHA1 checksums:

ed04093bc9d88faa3e476ac6f4db8d50 libtool-1.5.8.tar.gz
eab29ab110e8a091bca7e10e7f89bd56 libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.diff.gz
9ac0918efaf46e7a96e1112436eafb1c libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.xdelta
939ad0c7745b19a1a0fa6d49baa1478b9b261758 libtool-1.5.8.tar.gz
655b5e550c13bd7afea85344a756d002f4c2ea8d
libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.diff.gz
0ea05489965a8eb238da674a86968d953110bd24
libtool-1.5.6-1.5.8.xdelta

This release was bootstrapped with Automake 1.8.5 and Autoconf
2.59 but is useable with Autoconf 2.50 & later and Automake 1.4
& later in your own projects.

Alternatively, you can fetch the unbootstrapped sourcecode from
anonymous cvs by using the following commands (just hit return when
you are prompted for the password):

$ export CVS_RSH=ssh
$ cvs -z3 -d :ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/libtool
co -r release-1-5-8 libtool

You will then need to have recent versions of Automake (Automake
1.8 & later) and Autoconf (Autoconf 2.59) installed to
bootstrap the checked out sources yourself.

Please report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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