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Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin
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Vincent Lefevre |
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Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin |
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Thu, 8 May 2008 04:59:25 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.17-vl-r21552 (2008-04-09) |
On 2008-05-07 21:39:22 -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> Is there any reason why libtool uses "/usr/bin/file" instead of "file"
>> (/usr/bin being in $PATH)?
>
> Some people have claimed that libtool is slow and substantially slows
> down their builds. Using full paths to tools is one way to execute
> faster.
But an exception for "file" (since a problem is known for this
particular utility) would not change very much the execution time.
> Hard-coding a path in a .m4 is just plain wrong.
This wasn't my proposition.
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- libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Vincent Lefevre, 2008/05/07
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/05/07
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin,
Vincent Lefevre <=
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Vincent Lefevre, 2008/05/07
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/05/07
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Vincent Lefevre, 2008/05/08
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Andreas Florath, 2008/05/09
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/05/09
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Vincent Lefevre, 2008/05/09
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/05/09
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/05/18
- Re: Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Vincent Lefevre, 2008/05/18
- Re: libtool assumes that "file" is in /usr/bin, Andreas Florath, 2008/05/24