This is libtool.info, produced by makeinfo version 7.1.1 from libtool.texi. This manual is for GNU Libtool (version 2.6.2, 16 July 2026). Copyright © 1996-2019, 2021-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". INFO-DIR-SECTION Software development START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * Libtool: (libtool). Generic shared library support script. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * libtool-invocation: (libtool)Invoking libtool. Running the ‘libtool’ script. * libtoolize: (libtool)Invoking libtoolize. Adding libtool support. * libtool-next-version: (libtool)Invoking libtool-next-version. Running the ‘libtool-next-version’ wizard. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY  Indirect: libtool.info-1: 1087 libtool.info-2: 307987  Tag Table: (Indirect) Node: Top1087 Node: Introduction8270 Node: Motivation10088 Node: Issues11408 Node: Other implementations12906 Node: Postmortem13449 Node: Libtool paradigm15073 Node: Using libtool15825 Node: Creating object files18167 Node: Linking libraries22004 Ref: Linking libraries-Footnote-125842 Node: Linking executables25987 Ref: Linking executables-Footnote-131302 Ref: Linking executables-Footnote-231611 Node: Wrapper executables31700 Node: Debugging executables33986 Node: Installing libraries36864 Ref: Installing libraries-Footnote-140058 Node: Installing executables40129 Node: Static libraries40981 Node: Invoking libtool44319 Node: Compile mode53294 Node: Link mode56379 Ref: Link mode-Footnote-166958 Node: Execute mode67087 Node: Install mode67879 Node: Finish mode70346 Node: Uninstall mode71220 Node: Clean mode71673 Node: Integrating libtool72144 Node: Autoconf macros75054 Node: Makefile rules79065 Node: Using Automake80315 Ref: Using Automake-Footnote-183217 Node: Configuring83633 Node: LT_INIT84903 Ref: LT_INIT-Footnote-1104070 Node: Configure notes104343 Node: Distributing109292 Node: Invoking libtoolize110237 Node: Autoconf and LTLIBOBJS116758 Node: Static-only libraries117522 Ref: Static-only libraries-Footnote-1118869 Node: Other languages118979 Node: C++ libraries119678 Node: Tags121121 Node: Versioning122614 Node: Interfaces123986 Node: Libtool versioning124627 Node: Updating version info126888 Node: Manual version info update128661 Node: Guided version info update130568 Node: Invoking libtool-next-version132083 Node: Release numbers132850 Node: Library tips134735 Node: C header files137548 Ref: C header files-Footnote-1141555 Node: Inter-library dependencies141776 Node: Dlopened modules144533 Node: Building modules146448 Node: Dlpreopening147677 Node: Linking with dlopened modules153474 Node: Finding the dlname158436 Ref: Finding the dlname-Footnote-1159776 Node: Dlopen issues159837 Node: Using libltdl160900 Node: Libltdl interface162782 Ref: Libltdl interface-Footnote-1176487 Node: Modules for libltdl176793 Node: Thread Safety in libltdl179347 Node: User defined module data180360 Node: Module loaders for libltdl187930 Ref: Module loaders for libltdl-Footnote-1197432 Node: Distributing libltdl197546 Ref: Distributing libltdl-Footnote-1211941 Ref: Distributing libltdl-Footnote-2212253 Node: Trace interface212407 Node: FAQ213246 Node: Stripped link flags213584 Node: Troubleshooting215089 Node: Libtool test suite215612 Node: Test descriptions216513 Node: When tests fail234652 Node: Reporting bugs235088 Node: Maintaining236710 Node: New ports237453 Node: Information sources238146 Node: Porting inter-library dependencies240647 Node: Tested platforms243196 Node: Platform quirks251658 Node: Compilers252781 Ref: Compilers-Footnote-1254396 Node: Reloadable objects254724 Node: Multiple dependencies255087 Node: Archivers255985 Node: Cross compiling256598 Node: File name conversion262671 Node: File Name Conversion Failure265641 Node: Native MinGW File Name Conversion266890 Node: Cygwin/Windows File Name Conversion268459 Node: Unix/Windows File Name Conversion269862 Node: LT_CYGPATH270637 Node: Cygwin to MinGW Cross273968 Node: Windows DLLs278333 Node: libtool script contents285674 Node: Cheap tricks307987 Node: GNU Free Documentation License309945 Node: Combined Index335105  End Tag Table  Local Variables: coding: utf-8 End: