Requires vs Requires.private ?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Dec 19 13:04:27 UTC 2005


Alexander Larsson wrote:

> If A Requires.private: B, that means libA links to libB, but apps/libs
> that link to libA does not have to link to libB (when linking
> dynamically on platforms that support library dependencies, like Linux).

Very nice.  Avoids library linking bloat.  Too bad libtool archives 
don't include a "private" feature (at least, AFAIK they don't).

-- Rex




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