Re: libtool and /usr/bin/file compatibility

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi there,

* fantoosh bantoosh wrote on Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:02:00PM CET:
> 
> I am getting the following warning when I perform ./configure on SFS (self 
> certifying file system) that I am trying to install.

What kind of operating system and hardware?
(Guessing FreeBSD 5.2.1?)

> checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd5.2.1 ld.so
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> 
> *** Warning: the command libtool uses to detect shared libraries,
> *** /usr/bin/file, produces output that libtool cannot recognize.
*snip*
> 
> I am running libtool 1.5.10 and  file-3.41.
> 
> I found tons of similar posts online, but no clear resolution.
> 
> *Somebody has  to cleary explain how to get around this problem.*

It's probably only that the `file' output for shared libs cannot be
recognized on your system.  You can read
  info '(libtool.info)Porting inter-library dependencies'
for a little bit of information on this, but the documentation is really
terse here.

Please print output of 
$ sed 1q ./libtool
$ ./libtool --config | egrep 'file_magic|deplibs_check_method|MAGIC'
$ /usr/bin/file /usr/lib/libc.so*

and some details about your system.

Regards,
Ralf