Tilde problem when creating libtool

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

Recently, it seems, things for some X libraries in X11R7.1 changed in  
a way that libtool scripts cannot be re-created OK. The symptom is:

ar cru .libs/libXdmcp.a  A8Eq.o AA16.o AA32.o AA8.o Alloc.o AofA8.o  
CA8.o CmpKey.o DA16.o DA32.o 	DA8.o DAofA8.o DecKey.o Fill.o Flush.o  
GenKey.o IncKey.o RA16.o RA32.o RA8.o RAofA8.o RC16.o RC32.o RC8.o  
RHead.o RR.o RaA16.o RaA32.o RaA8.o RaAoA8.o Unwrap.o WA16.o WA32.o  
WA8.o WAofA8.o WC16.o WC32.o WC8.o Whead.o Wrap.o  
Wraphelp.o~ranlib .libs/libXdmcp.a
        ar: Wraphelp.o~ranlib: No such file or directory

Inside the libtool script lines like these appear where a ~  
amalgamates different lines to one:

	old_archive_cmds="\$AR \$AR_FLAGS \$oldlib\$oldobjs\$old_deplibs~\ 
$RANLIB \$oldlib"
        old_postinstall_cmds="chmod 644 \$oldlib~\$RANLIB \$oldlib"
	archive_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \ 
$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\ 
$soname \$verstring~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\${libname}- 
symbols.expsym \${lib}"
	module_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag  -o \$lib - 
bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs\$compiler_flags~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\ 
${libname}-symbols.expsym \${lib}"
	old_archive_cmds="\$AR \$AR_FLAGS \$oldlib\$oldobjs\$old_deplibs~\ 
$RANLIB \$oldlib"
        old_postinstall_cmds="chmod 644 \$oldlib~\$RANLIB \$oldlib"
	archive_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib -single_module \ 
$allow_undefined_flag -o \$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags - 
install_name \$rpath/\$soname \$verstring~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym \${lib}"
	module_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag  -o \$lib - 
bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs\$compiler_flags~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\ 
${libname}-symbols.expsym \${lib}"
	old_archive_cmds="\$AR \$AR_FLAGS \$oldlib\$oldobjs\$old_deplibs~\ 
$RANLIB \$oldlib"
        old_postinstall_cmds="chmod 644 \$oldlib~\$RANLIB \$oldlib"
	archive_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC -dynamiclib \$allow_undefined_flag -o \ 
$lib \$libobjs \$deplibs \$compiler_flags -install_name \$rpath/\ 
$soname \$verstring~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\${libname}- 
symbols.expsym \${lib}"
	module_expsym_cmds="sed -e \\\"s,#.*,,\\\" -e \\\"s,^[    ]*,,\\\" - 
e \\\"s,^\\\\(..*\\\\),_&,\\\" < \$export_symbols > \$output_objdir/\$ 
{libname}-symbols.expsym~\$CC \$allow_undefined_flag  -o \$lib - 
bundle \$libobjs \$deplibs\$compiler_flags~nmedit -s \$output_objdir/\ 
${libname}-symbols.expsym \${lib}"


These ~ also appear in aclocal.m4 when it's built from 'autoreconf - 
fvi', libtool is created from the configure script. What can I do to  
avoid the ~ in aclocal.m4 and libtool?

The tools I use in Mac OS X 10.4.8 are:

        autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.60
        autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.60
        automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
        aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6
        autopoint (GNU gettext-tools) 0.14.5
        libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5.23a
        GNU M4 1.4.5


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Greetings

  Pete

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to do. Why? ...In order to afford the sort of existence we don't care  
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