Re: libtool mingw cross compile problems

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Erik,

* Erik de Castro Lopo wrote on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:21:35PM CEST:
> I have a project that uses autoconf/automake/libitool etc. The
> build system worked as recently as a month ago for both native
> compiles on linux and cross compiles from linux to windows.
> Unfortnately, linux to wndows cross compiles suddenly stopped
> working with libtool 2.4 from Debian testing.
> 
> The problem is the generation of a test program in a sub-directory.
> The test program that should be generated is:
> 
>     G72x/g72x_test.$(EXEEXT)
> 
> which executes a a wrapper script in G72x/.libs/ . Unfortunately
> for Linux -> windows cross compiles, the G72x/g72x_test.$(EXEEXT)
> executable isn't being generated. There is however a bash script
> G72x/.libs/g72x_test_ltshwrapper.

Please provide more details.  For example a small Makefile.am snippet
that reproduces the problem for you.

> Software versions:
> 
>     autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68
>     automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1
>     libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4
> 
> All from Debian Testing.
> 
> I've tried downgrading libtool to 2.2.6b, but that resulted in a
> huge spew of errors from autoconf.

Please provide more details, such as a cut and paste of the actual
errors (or a part), as well as the commands you used that got you there.

> Is this a known problem?

No idea.

Thanks,
Ralf