Re: Uh, oh, libtool does not build any more

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bob,

On 29 Feb 2008, at 17:32, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> I previously definitely built and installed a working CVS libtool on  
> the 18th.  However, I typically just type 'make' in already built  
> directories after doing the 'CVS update'.  It seems likely that the  
> problem which is causing the wrong expansion was introduced earlier  
> and only noticed now due to the recent argz updates causing libltdl  
> to rebuild.


Thanks for the report.  I'll hold the release until we figure out  
what's broken, however I can't reproduce that error on my Mac (where I  
have no fortran or java compilers):

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.10.1
[[...]]
$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
[[...]]
$ cvs -d address@hidden:/sources/libtool co libtool
cvs checkout: Updating libtool
U libtool/.cvsignore
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U libtool/tests/tagdemo/main.cpp
$ cd libtool/
$ ./bootstrap
WARNING: If bootstrapping with this script fails, it may be due to an
WARNING: incompatible installed `libtool.m4' being pulled in to
WARNING: `aclocal.m4'.  The best way to work around such a problem is to
WARNING: uninstall your system libtool files, or failing that, overwrite
WARNING: them with all m4 file as shipped with this distribution (except
WARNING: `lt~obsolete.m4').  After that, retry this bootstrap.
autom4te --language=m4sh -B libltdl/config libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh  
> libltdl/config/ltmain.in
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$ ./configure
## ------------------------------------------------------------ ##
## Configuring libtool (Build: 1.2597 2008/02/29 21:33:21) 2.1c ##
## ------------------------------------------------------------ ##
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$ make all check
autom4te --language=m4sh -B libltdl/config libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh  
> libltdl/config/ltmain.in
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libtool: link: gcc -dynamiclib  -o libltdl/.libs/libltdl.7.dylib   
libltdl/loaders/.libs/libltdl_libltdl_la-preopen.o libltdl/.libs/ 
libltdl_libltdl_la-lt__alloc.o libltdl/.libs/libltdl_libltdl_la- 
lt_dlloader.o libltdl/.libs/libltdl_libltdl_la-lt_error.o  
libltdl/.libs/libltdl_libltdl_la-ltdl.o libltdl/.libs/ 
libltdl_libltdl_la-slist.o libltdl/.libs/argz.o libltdl/.libs/ 
libltdlS.o  libltdl/.libs/libltdl.lax/dlopen.a/dlopen.o      - 
install_name  /usr/local/lib/libltdl.7.dylib -compatibility_version 9 - 
current_version 9.0 -Wl,-single_module
[[...]]
====================
All 106 tests passed
====================
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## ------------- ##
## Test results. ##
## ------------- ##

58 tests behaved as expected.
6 tests were skipped.

What happens with a fresh checkout on your machine?

Cheers,
        Gary
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