From 869b912aa0fe83db78027a24eb87b92ec6a9884b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: midipix Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:53:48 +0000 Subject: README: remove obsolete info (predates --export-symbols[-regex] and libsltdl). --- README | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index aef6300..e29930a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -115,22 +115,9 @@ that should be noted. - no-ops - `-R`, which adds a path to the generated program's run-time search path; this switch is currently not needed, and is accordingly ignored. - - `-export-symbols`, which exports symbols listed in a given file, and - `-export-symbols-regex`, which exports symbols matching a regex; - both are unimplemented because similar functionality has long been - provided by the compiler or toolchain; `gcc` has supported setting ELF - visibility since v4.0, for instance, and PE import library support is - provided by slibtool via the --output-def linker switch and a subsequent - invocation of dlltool. - `-no-install`, which considers the executable wrapper to be optional; this switch is not needed on modern systems, and is accordingly ignored. -- No `libltdl`. - libltdl is nowadays no longer needed; it serves to provide a `dlopen()` - functionality on systems which do not offer it, i.e. HP-UX and BeOS, - however since neither HP-UX nor BeOS is currently supported by slibtool, - there exists no urgent need to provide equivalent functionality. - ## Development Major changes to slibtool should be discussed on [#slibtool] prior to pursuing -- cgit v1.2.3