Re: [libtool 2.2] testsuite: 34 failed

[Roberto Bagnara]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello Roberto,
>
> your posts are good sources of bug reports ...
>
> * Roberto Bagnara wrote on Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:48:07AM CET:
> > ## ----------------------- ##
> > ## libtool 2.2 test suite. ##
> > ## ----------------------- ##
> [...]
> > ## ------------------------ ##
> > ## Summary of the failures. ##
> > ## ------------------------ ##
> > Failed tests:
> > libtool 2.2 test suite test groups:
> >
> >  NUM: FILE-NAME:LINE     TEST-GROUP-NAME
> >       KEYWORDS
> >
> >   34: old-m4-iface.at:107 AC_WITH_LTDL
> >       libtoolize automake autoconf
> [...]
> > 34. old-m4-iface.at:107: testing ...
> > libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
> [...]
> > checking whether libtool supports -dlopen/-dlpreopen... yes
> > checking for ltdl.h... yes
> > checking whether lt_dlinterface_register is declared... yes
> > checking for lt_dlinterface_register in -lltdl... yes
> > checking where to find libltdl headers... 
> > checking where to find libltdl library... -lltdl
> [...]
>
> > ./old-m4-iface.at:153: $MAKE  
> [...]
> > /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -no-undefined -g -O2  -o ltdldemo main.o 
> > -dlopen module.la -lltdl
> > libtool: link: rm -f .libs/ltdldemo.nm .libs/ltdldemo.nmS .libs/ltdldemo.nmT
> > libtool: link: (cd .libs && gcc -g -O2 -c -fno-builtin "ltdldemoS.c")
> > libtool: link: rm -f ".libs/ltdldemoS.c" ".libs/ltdldemo.nm" ".libs/ltdldemo.nmS" 
> > ".libs/ltdldemo.nmT"
> > libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -o ltdldemo main.o .libs/ltdldemoS.o  -lltdl
> > libtool: link: rm -f ".libs/ltdldemoS.o"
> > make[4]: Leaving directory 
> > `/usr/local/distrib/libtool-2.2/tests/testsuite.dir/34'
> > ./old-m4-iface.at:156: ./ltdldemo; lt_status=$?; if test $lt_status -eq 0; then 
> > :;
> >            elif test "X$host" != "X$build" && \
> >                 { test -x "./ltdldemo" || test -x "./ltdldemo"$EXEEXT; }
> >            then (exit 77); else (exit $lt_status); fi
> > --- /dev/null   2008-02-27 15:51:00.483962769 +0100
> > +++ /usr/local/distrib/libtool-2.2/tests/testsuite.dir/at-stderr        
> > 2008-03-02 08:28:27.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > +./ltdldemo: error while loading shared libraries: libltdl.so.7: cannot open 
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > stdout:
> > ./old-m4-iface.at:156: exit code was 127, expected 0
> > 34. old-m4-iface.at:107: 34. AC_WITH_LTDL (old-m4-iface.at:107): FAILED 
> > (old-m4-iface.at:156)
>
> I can reproduce this error under the following circumstances:
>
> A libltdl 2.1 or newer has previously been installed in a place where
> the preprocessor and the link editor can find headers resp. library
> (suitable CPPFLAGS=-I... and LDFLAGS=-L... count, too), but the
> libltdl.la file is missing in the installation, and also the runtime
> linker does not search the installed location of libltdl.so.7 by
> default (and -R.../-Wl,-rpath,... have not been added).
>
> Does that match your setup?  If yes, who removed the installed
> libltdl.la file, and why?

Dear Ralf,

yes, I believe this matches my setup.  I had installed Libtool 2.1.b;
nothing worked for me so, since I had no time to investigate further,
I uninstalled it (not the proper way, I guess) and went back to
Libtool 1.5.24.
Thanks a lot,

    Roberto

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