Re: libtool doesn't pass LDFLAGS to linker - Solaris 64 bit

[Jaimon Jose]

Peter O'Gorman wrote the following on 01/17/2006 06:29 PM:
> Jaimon Jose wrote:
> | Thanks for the heads up.  Libtool-1.5.22 passes the linker flags 
> correctly.
> | I see a new problem with this.  Shared library extension is not passed
> | correctly, 'cause of which extension is missing from shared libraries.
> | ( For eg.  libname.1.1.1 )
> | The problems seems to be with un-initiallized shrext_cmds variable.
> | This is initialized in link mode only if a shrext argument is found in
> | the command line.  Shouldn't this be initialized by default ( as 
> soon as
> | you enter link mode ) with variable shrext ?  ( I tried this and that
> | seems to be solving the problem )
>
> If shrext_cmds is unset it is because the configure script has a 
> libtool.m4
> that does not match the version of ltmain.sh. If you installed libtool in
> /usr/local, but have aclocal in /usr/bin, then you are likely getting the
> old libtool.m4 from /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 rather than the 
> latest one
> at /usr/local/share/...
>
> Add the right -I flags to your aclocal invocation, or install automake in
> the same prefix as libtool.
Yes.  You are right.  New libtool was installed in /usr/local and it was 
not picking up the latest aclocal.m4.  Everything goes through fine with 
-I flag.

Thanks
--jaimon