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4.5 Finish mode
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“Finish” mode has two functions.  One is to help system administrators
install libtool libraries so that they can be located and linked into
user programs.  To invoke this functionality, pass the name of a library
directory as MODE-ARG.  Running this command may require superuser
privileges, and the ‘--dry-run’ option may be useful.

   The second is to facilitate transferring libtool libraries to a
native compilation environment after they were built in a
cross-compilation environment.  Cross-compilation environments may rely
on recent libtool features, and running libtool in finish mode will make
it easier to work with older versions of libtool.  This task is
performed whenever the MODE-ARG is a ‘.la’ file.