libtool 1.4.2: Enhancement request

[Jost Martin]

Hello,

I recently installed ethereal (0.9.3).
I had one problem, which is libtool related:

> I configured using:
> export CC=cc
> export CPPFLAGS="-I/pd/libs/include/"
> export LDFLAGS=" -L/pd/libs/lib/"
> export CFLAGS="+DAportable -Ae +O2"
> ./configure -prefix=/pd/ethereal0.9.3 --without-gcc 
> --includedir=/pd/libs/include --libdir=/pd/libs/lib

> Making worked, with one glitch:
> I include '+DAportable' in the CFLAGS, because I build on a PA2.0 machine, 
> but the
> executable might later be used on PA1.1 machines.

> make missed this flag for one file:
> ...
> (cd .libs && cc -c     +Z -DPIC +DAportable "etherealS.c")
> ...
> 
> I finally "fixed" this by adding +DAportable in ltmain.sh (line 3375)
> [and configure/make again]:
>         *-*-hpux*)
>           case "$compile_command " in
>           *" -static "*) ;;
>           *) pic_flag_for_symtable=" $pic_flag -DPIC +DAportable";; 
> <=================
>           esac
> 
> Could the flags from CFLAGS used here without manual intervention ?!

Guy Harris (from the ethereal project) pointed me to libtool too report this.
According to what I found in ltmain.sh, ethereal is using libtool 1.4.2.
Please let me know, if you need additional info on this.

Thanks

Martin