Creating fat files: Lipo vs libtool

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Creating fat files: Lipo vs libtool

I wonder what would be the difference when using:

Code:

lipo -create i386/libAwesome.a armv7/libAwesome.a -o fat/libAwesome.a

and

Code:

libtool -static i386/libAwesome.a armv7/libAwesome.a -o fat/libAwesome.a

I have the impression that lipo is more general, and it will simply stick two files from different architectures while libtool is specific for libraries,.... Is this true? I just want to know what is the right tool

Is there any particular case I should prefer one rather the other?

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