Section 1 · User commands

libtool.1

Package: libtool

LIBTOOL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO


NAME

libtool − manual page for libtool 2.4.7

SYNOPSIS

libtool [OPTION]… [MODE-ARG]…

DESCRIPTION

Provide generalized library−building support services.

OPTIONS

−−config

show all configuration variables

−−debug

enable verbose shell tracing

−n, −−dry−run

display commands without modifying any files

−−features

display basic configuration information and exit

−−mode=MODE

use operation mode MODE

−−no−warnings

equivalent to ’−Wnone’

−−preserve−dup−deps

don’t remove duplicate dependency libraries

−−quiet, −−silent

don’t print informational messages

−−tag=TAG

use configuration variables from tag TAG

−v, −−verbose

print more informational messages than default

−−version

print version information

−W, −−warnings=CATEGORY

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [all]

−h, −−help, −−help−all

print short, long, or detailed help message

Warning categories include:

’all’show all warnings
’none’turn off all the warnings

’error’

warnings are treated as fatal errors

MODE must be one of the following:

cleanremove files from the build directory

compile

compile a source file into a libtool object

execute

automatically set library path, then run a program

finishcomplete the installation of libtool libraries

install

install libraries or executables

linkcreate a library or an executable

uninstall

remove libraries from an installed directory

MODE−ARGS vary depending on the MODE. When passed as first option, ’−−mode=MODE’ may be abbreviated as ’MODE’ or a unique abbreviation of that.

GNU libtool home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>.

When reporting a bug, please describe a test case to reproduce it and include the following information:
host−triplet:

x86_64−redhat−linux−gnu

shell:/bin/sh

compiler:

gcc

compiler flags: −O2 −flto=auto −ffat−lto−objects −fexceptions −g
−grecord−gcc−switches −pipe −Wall −Werror
=format−security **
−Wp**,−U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,−D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 −Wp,−D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS

−specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat−annobin−cc1 −m64 −march=x86−64−v3 −mtune=generic −fasynchronous−unwind−tables −fstack−clash−protection −fcf−protection −mtls−dialect=gnu2

linker:

/usr/bin/ld −m elf_x86_64 (gnu? yes)

version:

libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7

automake:

automake (GNU automake) 1.16.5

autoconf:

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.71

AUTHOR

Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug−libtool@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for libtool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libtool programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info libtool

should give you access to the complete manual.