Libtool 2.2.6 uses unknown -b option w/HP-UX cc

[Daniel Richard G.]

I am building a shared library with Libtool 2.2.6 on an HP-UX system, using 
the native HP C compiler. This is what I am seeing:

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libtool: link: mv -f ".libs/libfoo.expT" ".libs/libfoo.exp"
libtool: link: cc -b -Wl,+h -Wl,libfoo.sl -Wl,+b -Wl,/tmp/project/lib -o 
.libs/libfoo.sl  .libs/xxjni.o .libs/mcatobj.o   -L/opt/lib/pic -L/opt/lib 
/opt/lib/pic/libxxlib.a -L/opt/lib /opt/lib/libxml2.a -lz /opt/lib/libiodbc.a 
/opt/lib/libiodbcinst.a -lcl -lpthread /opt/lib/libpcre.a -lm -lc  +DA2.0
cc: warning 422: Unknown option "b" ignored.
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
   main (Not referenced yet! Probably due to -u option)
gmake[5]: *** [libfoo.la] Error 1
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I believe this is a system version issue---Libtool is assuming that it is 
working with a newer version of the C compiler that does support -b.

Some details on the versions involved:

% uname -a
HP-UX hrdygrdy B.11.00 A 9000/785 2003934647 two-user license

% cc -V -c hello.c -o /dev/null
cpp.ansi: HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 HP C Preprocessor (ANSI)
ccom: HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 HP C Compiler

If I recall correctly, this issue has come up before, with the 1.5.x 
series. Libtool was inferring that the compiler was new enough just from 
the system version---which works in most cases, but this system was a 
counterexample where that premise doesn't hold true.


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--Daniel


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