Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Libtool changes checked in

[itojun@xxxxxxxxxx]

>I've just checked in some changes that modify the plugin code to use
>libtool and libltdl.  Plugins should work on platforms that support
>dynamic libraries, independent of the actual calls used (e.g. HP-UX uses
>shl_load instead of dlopen).  The libtool documentation says that it can
>fake dynamic loading on static-only systems, but I haven't tested this.  
>
>I noticed that the install directory for plugins is currently 
>$(prefix)/share/ethereal (actually, I changed it to
>$(prefix)/share/ethereal/0.8).  Other packages (e.g. the Gimp) install
>in $(prefix)/lib instead.  Should we put plugins in 'lib' as well?

	It looks that top-level aclocal.m4 needs to include AM_PROG_LIBTOOL.
	(when I invoke "gmake" in top-level directory, it will invoke
	"aclocal" and it complains that AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is missing).

itojun