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Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin


From: Bob Friesenhahn
Subject: Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:26:41 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 9 May 2008, Andreas Florath wrote:

IMHO it's ugly, to have a fixed path to 'file' - but I also understand
that it is a lot of work to implement a heuristic to get the correct
'file'.  My suggestion: when 'file' is really somewhat special, add a
configuration parameter (like --with-find or --use-find) to the
libtools configuration script which defaults to /usr/bin/file.  This
will give the user of the configure script at least the chance to
overwrite the path to 'file' and only adds runtime when creating the
libtool and not when using it.  Also this can be done in a few lines.

As far as I am aware, this is the first request we have seen to support using a different 'file' program. This suggests that it may be a unique requirement.

Is it difficult for you to update your chrooted environment so that /usr/bin/file points (via a symbolic link) to the 'file' program you want to use?

Bob
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