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Re: [MLB] BUG in install when piecewise linking


From: Gary V . Vaughan
Subject: Re: [MLB] BUG in install when piecewise linking
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:28:43 +0100

On Thursday 17 May 2001  5:49 pm, Robert Boehne wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > On May  9, 2001, Robert Boehne <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > So the problem seems to be that when relink_command is formed,
> > > it's passed through bug-ridden vendor sed.  If there is another way
> > > to build $relink_command without running into this problem, I'd
> > > like to hear suggestions.  :)
> >
> > One alternative would be to try to figure out the maximum line length
> > supported by sed, and use that as an upper bound for the command-line
> > length limit.  Then, we could use new-lines instead of semicolons as
> > command separators in relink_command.
>
> Alexandre:
>
> Can we get around these problems easier in the binary-branch?
> I envision a binary libtool that could do all of the processing
> itself, without needing to use sed or shell until it needed to
> call a compiler.  Since users can use GNU sed on the two affected
> platforms, there's a simple workaround, and that leads me to a
> more protracted but more complete solution to the problem.
> Is that part of the current plan, and do you all think it
> should be?

This sounds like a reasonable plan to me.  If the binary-branch 
implementation is a way off, it would be nice to try to detect the failure 
mode and warn the user that they need to install GNU sed for sanity's sake.  
Failing that, add something to the TODO file so we don't forget that it needs 
addressing.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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