Re: another 1.5 release

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Albert Chin wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:33:41AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Daniel Reed wrote on Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:36:24AM CET:
> > > Is there any chance .multilib2 can be incorporated into 1.5.12? As written,
> > > it simply causes libtool to ask gcc to find .la files if gcc is in use. It
> > > should have no impact on non-gcc builds and should not cause any files to be
> > > missed (the original behavior is used if gcc is unable to find a requested
> > > file).
> >
> > The general idea looks fine to me.  Unless other libtool distro
> > maintainers disagree, I'd like to see this in branch-1-5 (and then in
> > branch-2-0 and HEAD as well).
>
> Shouldn't we come up with a more general solution first? Embedding
> knowledge of a specific compiler in ltmain.sh is wrong. That's what
> libtool.m4 is for.
>
> Is there general consensus of this patch as a model for other
> platforms (Solaris, Linux with non-GCC compilers, IRIX, etc.)? It
> seems way too Linux-specific to me.

I agree with Albert's statements above.  However, my own opinion is 
that only bug-fixes should appear in branch-1-5 and this smells like a 
new feature to me.  Since branch-2-0 has not yet produced a release, 
we can consider adding the feature to branch-2-0 if there is someone 
dedicated to implementing the feature correctly within the next month.

Bob
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