Re: [1/11] Native MSVC support (lib-as-archiver)

[Peter Rosin]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:17:11PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Allow Microsoft lib to be used as the archiver.
> archive-in-archive.at passes (unexpectedly) for Microsoft lib.
> Should AR_FLAGS be ARFLAGS instead? Automake uses that...
> 
>       * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_PROG_AR): New macro, detect the
>       interface used by the archiver. In particullar, add the AR_SEP
>       variable to allow archivers that does not allow a space between
>       the options to create an archive and the archive name and the
>       ar_extract_one_by_one variable which indicates if the archiver
>       can extract all members in one go.
>       * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4: Add $AR_SEP between $AR and $AR_FLAGS.
>       * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_extract_an_archive): Add support
>       for archivers that only supports extracting one member at a time
>       and otherwise adjust to the above libtool.m4 changes.
>       * Makefile.am: Pass AR, AR_FLAGS, AR_TFLAGS and AR_SEP through
>       to the testsuite.
>       * tests/archive-in-archive.at: Extract archive name from the .la
>       file instead of hardcodeing the name, and allow different archivers.

Improved ChangeLog entry follows:

        * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_PROG_AR): New macro, detect the
        interface used by the archiver. In particullar, add the AR_SEP
        variable to allow archivers that does not allow a space between
        the options to create an archive and the archive name and the
        ar_extract_one_by_one variable which indicates if the archiver
        can extract all members in one go.
        * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4: Add $AR_SEP between $AR_FLAGS and the
        archive file name in all $AR commands.
        * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_extract_an_archive): Add support
        for archivers that only supports extracting one member at a time
        and otherwise adjust to the above libtool.m4 changes. Also, add
        $AR_SEP to the $AR invocations.
        * Makefile.am: Pass AR, AR_FLAGS and AR_SEP through to the
        testsuite.
        * tests/archive-in-archive.at: Extract archive name from the .la
        file instead of hardcodeing the name, and allow different archivers.

Cheers,
Peter