Summary

The decision to use shared libraries brings with it a whole truckload of issues, and if you're interested in maximum portability, you must deal with each of them. The ltdl library is not a solution to every problem. It solves some problems but brings others to the surface. Suffice it to say that using ltdl has trade-offs, but if you don't mind the extra maintenance effort, it's a good way to add maximum portability to your loadable-module project.

I hope that by spending some time going through the exercises in this book, you've been able to get your head around the Autotools enough to know how they work and what they're doing for you. At this point, you should be very comfortable autotool-izing your own projects—at least at the basic level. ...

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