bug#54559: libtool-2.4.7 released [stable]

[Alex Ameen]

Thank you! Feels good to make it through the release process for the first time and get things updated a bit after so many years. 

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:37 AM Evgeny Grin <k2k@yandex.ru> wrote:

Hi Alex,

Congratulation on the new release!

--
Evgeny

-------- Original Message --------
From: Alex Ameen <alex.ameen.tx@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022, 07:51 UTC+3
Subject: libtool-2.4.7 released [stable]

> Howdy, Libtoolers!
>
> After a long hiatus, the Libtool Team is pleased to announce the release of
> libtool 2.4.7.
>
>
> GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a
> consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl, which
> hides the complexity of loading dynamic runtime libraries (modules)
> behind a consistent, portable interface.
>
> Here are the compressed sources:
>    https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.7.tar.gz   (1.9MB)
>    https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.7.tar.xz   (996KB)
>
> Here are the GPG detached signatures[*]:
>    https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.7.tar.gz.sig
>    https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.7.tar.xz.sig
>
> Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
>    https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
>
> Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:
>
> d3f2d5399f4bf5cbd974b812ebaca28d6492ca65  libtool-2.4.7.tar.gz
> BOlsJATqcMWQxUbrpCAqThJyLGQAFsErmy8c49SB6ag  libtool-2.4.7.tar.gz
> 0c90f1b046ea9cd7b32a4b5a6a9df4b46ddb637a  libtool-2.4.7.tar.xz
> T38hfwV85lX/IlWa0iGg/Y74StH8X8tpkM7MMzqhY10  libtool-2.4.7.tar.xz
>
> The SHA256 checksum is base64 encoded, instead of the
> hexadecimal encoding that most checksum tools default to.
>
> [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
> .sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
> and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
>
>    gpg --verify libtool-2.4.7.tar.gz.sig
>
> If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
> then run this command to import it:
>
>    gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 6EAC957F8EEB55C0
>
> and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
>
> This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
>    Autoconf 2.69
>    Automake 1.16.3
>    Gnulib a5218207e5
>
> NEWS
>
> * Noteworthy changes in release 2.4.7 (2022-03-16) [stable]
>
> ** New features:
>
>    - Libtool script now supports (configure-time and runtime) ARFLAGS
>      variable, which obsoletes AR_FLAGS.  This is due to naming conventions
>      among other *FLAGS and to be consistent with Automake's ARFLAGS.
>
>    - Gnulib testsuite is enabled and run during 'make check'.
>
>    - Support the Windows version of the Intel C Compiler (icl) in
>      libtool script.
>
>    - Pass '-fsanitize=*' flags for GCC and LLVM, and '-specs=*' for GCC
>      to linker.
>
>    - Pass '-Xassembler=*' and '-Wa,*' flag to compilers and linkers.
>
>    - The variable 'FILECMD' with default value of '/usr/bin/file' was
> used to
>      replace existing hard coded references to '/usr/bin/file'.
>
>    - Add MidnightBSD support.
>
> ** Important incompatible changes:
>
>    - Libtool changed ARFLAGS/AR_FLAGS default from 'cru' to 'cr'.
>
>    - Do not pass '-pthread' to Solaris linker.
>
>    - 'libtool' and 'libtoolize' scripts now use '#! /usr/bin/env sh'
> shebang.
>      Previously '#! /bin/sh' was used, which presents challenges for
>      containerized environments.
>
> ** Bug fixes:
>
>    - Fix significant slowdown of libtoolize for certain projects
> (regression
>      introduced in 2.4.3 release) caused by infinite m4 macro recursion.
>
>    - Mitigate the slowdown of libtool script (introduced in v2.4.3)
> caused by
>      increased number of calls to '$SED $sed_quote_subst' (bug#20006).
>
>    - Properly parse and export TLS symbols on AIX.
>
>    - Various bug fixes surrounding use of 'sed'.
>
>    - Darwin systems set proper "allow undefined" flag on OSX 11, and
>      PowerPC 10.5.
>
>    - Removed some deprecated tests related to 'Makefile.inc' files.
>
>
> Enjoy!
>