[libtool 2.1a] testsuite: 25 49 failed

[Lynn F. Ten Eyck]

Hello,

I installed libtool 2.1a from CVS tonight and installed it.  The self- 
test failed two tests.  The log reports most of the configuration  
information.

Additional information:  The system is a Dell with 4 Xeon dual-core  
3GHz processors, running Fedora Core 5 with all of the latest  
updates.  Since I was having problems trying to install software that  
did not recognize this system, I installed the latest released  
versions of Autoconf and Automake yesterday, which I believe are  
Autoconf 2.61 and Automake 1.9.6, as well as a snapshot of libtools  
2.1a (not the CVS version).  I still ran into problems, so I got the  
CVS version.

As far as these failures are concerned, if you need any further  
information I will happily provide it.  I have been in this business  
for a very long time (starting on an IBM 7094 when I was a graduate  
student), and remember all too well the days when getting a Fortran  
program to compile on more than two systems was a major effort.  The  
work you people are doing to automate the distribution of entire  
packages across an incredible range of systems is extremely valuable  
and technically very challenging, and I REALLY APPRECIATE it.

Best regards,
Lynn Ten Eyck

P.S. The problems I ran into with other versions had to do with the  
existence of /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib in the same file system . . .  
libtool 1.5.22 kept picking up a shared library from both  
directories, and the linker objected to mixing 64- and 32-bit address  
spaces.  I will post a bit more on the libtool list in case there is  
an easy fix to be had.  I can't believe I am the first to run into  
this . . .

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