Re: Multiplatform autotools; all OK on Linux, warning on Windows

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Joost,

* Joost Kraaijeveld wrote on Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 05:22:07PM CET:
> I am not really sure that this a question for this list but maybe there
> is a kind sole that has the answer over here

The libtool list would have been even better.

> I have a Autools based project that I *really* want to compile both on
> Linux and Windows using gcc (mingw on Windows) using Autotools.
> 
> I get these warnings:
> 
> *** Warning: linker path does not have real file for library -lpthread.
[...]
> checked: 
> /home/jkr/src/mingw-cross-env-2.10/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/4.4.0/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/lib//libpthread.a

> Are these warning something I should/can fix? What is it they are trying
> to tell me? If they are fixable, how?

Which libtool version do you use?  Is that libpthread.a a static or an
import library?

There have been some fixes to deplib detection in Libtool recently, not
sure whether that can have an impact for you.  But anyway the above is
only a warning.

Cheers,
Ralf