Subject: bug#8557: libtool must not depend on existence of system '/usr/lib*/*.la' files

From: Mike Frysinger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:58:25 -0400

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 15:04, Jason Vas Dias wrote:
> I'm developing a 100% GNU make(1) and bash(1) and coreutils dependant replacement for the "configure" step - NO other dependancies required -
> that will generate  'Makefile's and ./libtool with very simple commands if it finds itself to be running on a "quick configure platform" , it will skip configure
> and just generate simple autoconf generated files.

search the mailing list.  some people have already thrown together
similar things.
-mike