Re: [libtool 2.2] testsuite: 18 19 64 failed [Solaris 7 SPARC]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Peter O'Gorman wrote on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 06:42:13AM CET:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > On 6 Mar 2008, at 20:04, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> >>
> >> Because we generally use the same archive_cmds for F77, FC as for CXX,
> >> things can get a little messed up. This "fixes" the most common case,
> >> gcc, g++, g77/gfortran & some other fortran compiler, by pretending the
> >> "other fortran compiler" does not exist.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> > 
> > What happens to a project written with gnu C and vendor fortran?  Will
> > this test spot g++ and refuse to build the fortran files?
> 
> Depends on if those fortran compilers have their own rules or if they
> are inheriting.

> > Maybe we should look into tagging the archive_cmds instead.
> 
> I did not see this mail til just now (after the commit). Want me to revert?

I find this patch very very ugly.  It's a confession that after a
decade, we still can't get multi-lang right.  I'm pretty sure that
it will cause regressions for some people, too.

Cheers,
Ralf