[LLVMdev] libLTO on linux

[Chris Lattner]

On Nov 29, 2008, at 10:44 PM, Chandler Carruth wrote:

>>
>> If we're going to build a .so file, we need those .o's to be built  
>> with
>> -fPIC. As far as I can see, configuring LLVM with --enable-pic  
>> actually
>> does that already, so perhaps we can make it the default.
>>
>> But that warning isn't about PIC, it's about the fact that the .o's
>> weren't compiled with libtool. It's looking for the matching .lo  
>> files.
>
> My question is this, why use libtool to build the .so? I don't see
> what libtool helps with here, and it is a nightmare to use in general.
> Why not directly use the gcc driver?

I'd love to rip out libtool.  What benefit does it provide?

-Chris