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15.3 Platform quirks
====================

This section is dedicated to the sanity of the libtool maintainers.  It
describes the programs that libtool uses, how they vary from system to
system, and how to test for them.

   Because libtool is a shell script, it can be difficult to understand
just by reading it from top to bottom.  This section helps show why
libtool does things a certain way.  Combined with the scripts
themselves, you should have a better sense of how to improve libtool, or
write your own.

* Menu:

* Compilers::                   Creating object files from source files.
* Reloadable objects::          Binding object files together.
* Multiple dependencies::       Removing duplicate dependent libraries.
* Archivers::                   Programs that create static archives.
* Cross compiling::             Issues that arise when cross compiling.
* File name conversion::        Converting file names between platforms.
* Windows DLLs::                Windows header defines.