1.\" $OpenBSD: libtool.1,v 1.3 2017/01/02 09:21:56 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: January 2 2017 $ 18.Dt LIBTOOL 1 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm libtool 22.Nd compile and link complex libraries 23.Sh DESCRIPTION 24.Nm 25is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for the eponymous GNU project. 26The following differences in behaviour with GNU Libtool are intentional: 27.Bl -bullet 28.It 29Relative 30.Fl L 31paths are put before absolute ones. 32This fixes many (but not all, unfortunately) issues when software 33links to libraries already installed instead of those just built because, 34for example, 35.Qq -L/usr/local/lib 36comes before 37.Qq -L../libfoo . 38.It 39Extra (duplicate) 40.Fl L 41and 42.Fl l 43items are stripped from the link command line. 44.It 45When both 46.Qq -lstdc++ 47and 48.Qq -lestdc++ 49are encountered in the link command line, only the latter is kept. 50.El 51