Re: libtool-1.5.22, please hold a little

[Peter O'Gorman]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> [ off-list ]
>
> Hi Peter,
>
>
> > * Peter O'Gorman wrote on Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 01:15:53AM CET:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'd like to fix this before 1.5.22:
>
>
> Are you really sure we should postpone it further?  I mean, the number
> of times I've had to tell people to wait for 1.5.22 now is almost a
> dozen.  I have something like three more patches for branch-1-5 and can
> roll 1.5.22 tomorrow, probably.  If you agree, that is.
>
> The bug you'd like to fix isn't even a regression.

Hi Ralf,

List added back.

Yeah, I know, I have a patch here, if okay then I'll (or you can) apply it. 
If not then, that's fine, no need to dealy farther.

In other places in ltmain we do as per patch, I have no idea why we exit 
with an error here now.

Sorry for the delay.
Peter

Index: ChangeLog
2005-12-15  Peter O'Gorman  <address@hidden>

        * ltmain.in: Don't die if -L<relative/path> does not exist.

Index: ltmain.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/Attic/ltmain.in,v
retrieving revision 1.334.2.110
diff -u -3 -p -u -r1.334.2.110 ltmain.in
--- ltmain.in 13 Dec 2005 14:39:22 -0000 1.334.2.110
+++ ltmain.in 15 Dec 2005 14:33:08 -0000
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ EOF
          absdir=`cd "$dir" && pwd`
          if test -z "$absdir"; then
            $echo "$modename: cannot determine absolute directory name of 
\`$dir'" 1>&2
-           exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+           absdir="$dir"
          fi
          dir="$absdir"
          ;;

Index: ChangeLog
2005-12-15  Peter O'Gorman  <address@hidden>

        * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): Don't die if
        -L<relative/path> does not exist.

from  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
Index: libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -3 -p -u -r1.24 ltmain.m4sh
--- libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh 7 Dec 2005 13:23:14 -0000 1.24
+++ libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh 15 Dec 2005 14:33:15 -0000
@@ -2579,8 +2579,10 @@ func_mode_link ()
        [[\\/]]* | [[A-Za-z]]:[[\\/]]*) ;;
        *)
          absdir=`cd "$dir" && pwd`
-         test -z "$absdir" && \
-           func_fatal_error "cannot determine absolute directory name of 
\`$dir'"
+         if test -z "$absdir" then
+           func_warning "cannot determine absolute directory name of \`$dir'"
+           absdir="$dir"
+         fi
          dir="$absdir"
          ;;
        esac