Apparently, GNU Libtool 2.4 (2010-09-22) introduced ‘LT_DLSYM_CONST’ to ltdl.h, but that particular #define is requires "manual synching" (according to this ltmain.sh excerpt): /* -*- c -*- / /* Keep this code in sync between libtool.m4, ltmain, lt_system.h, and tests. */ #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(_WIN32_WCE) /* DATA imports from DLLs on WIN32 con't be const, because runtime relocations are performed -- see ld's documentation on pseudo-relocs. */ # define LT_DLSYM_CONST #elif defined(__osf__) /* This system does not cope well with relocations in const data. */ # define LT_DLSYM_CONST #else # define LT_DLSYM_CONST const #endif In my code, i do: /* -*- c -*- / #include "libltdl/ltdl.h" and this alone results in a "LT_DLSYM_CONST not defined" compilation error. However, adding that excerpt immediately prior to the #include allows the compilation to succeed. I presume what i've discovered is a workaround at best and that there should be a better way to either avoid this, or fully hide it from me (such that the plain old #include will be sufficient, as before). What would that way be? -- Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 ........... please send technical questions to mailing lists ........... . .... . . NB: ttn at glug dot org is not me . . (and has not been since 2007 or so) . . ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES :-D .