Re: gnu-pw-mgr 2.7 fails to build on macOS

[Bruce Korb]

Hi,

On 9/22/20 2:33 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Hi, gnu-pw-mgr 2.4.2 does build on macOS 10.13.6, but gnu-pw-mgr 2.7 does not; 
> the errors are:
>
>
> /bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link ccache /usr/bin/clang  -pipe -Os 
> -arch x86_64 -Wcast-align -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow 
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-format-contains-nul 
> -fno-strict-aliasing -Wstrict-aliasing=2  -L/opt/local/lib 
> -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch x86_64 -o gnu-pw-mgr 
> gnu_pw_mgr-gnu-pw-mgr.o ../libopts/libopts.la ../lib/libgnu.la     -lintl
> libtool: link: ccache /usr/bin/clang -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -Wcast-align 
> -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes 
> -Wwrite-strings -Wno-format-contains-nul -fno-strict-aliasing 
> -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch x86_64 -o gnu-pw-mgr 
> gnu_pw_mgr-gnu-pw-mgr.o  -L/opt/local/lib ../libopts/.libs/libopts.a 
> ../lib/.libs/libgnu.a -lintl
> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>    "_canonicalize_file_name", referenced from:
>        _optionMakePath in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>    "_fflush_unlocked", referenced from:
>        _genshelloptUsage in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>        _optionUsage in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>        _optionPutShell in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>        _optionOnlyUsage in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>        _print_ver in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
>        _text_to_var in libopts.a(libopts_la-libopts.o)
All this time I've been inadvertently shipping config.h with the libopts 
tarball. Works fine, as long as the target is Linux. :( I think it might 
work okay if, after unrolling the tarball, you remove libopts/config.h. 
:) I'll make for a better fix.