Re: z/OS

[Alon Bar-Lev]

Sure,
I do anything to help.

However, I am missing some details on the z/OS linkage process, even
without libtool I could not find a proper way to create a shared
object (or dll which is the right name at this platform).
If nobody ported libtool to this platform, I will try to figure out
how to do this by-hand first.

Thanks!
Alon.

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Alon,
>
> * Alon Bar-Lev wrote on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 04:48:22PM CEST:
>> Does anyone has experience with libtool at z/OS open edition?
>> It builds static libraries, but it does not know how to build shared objects.
>
> AFAICS Libtool does not support z/OS yet, which means only static
> libraries can be expected to work.
>
> Porting Libtool to a new system is fairly straightforward if all the
> documentation is available.  Are you willing to help with this?
> If yes, I can start writing a number of questions for it.  You could
> send pointers.  Generally, the right thing to do is grab git Libtool,
> start reading the PORTING file, follow pointers there, and search for
> PORTME in *.m4 files.  When you have something that works, start running
> the test suites to find out that you're not quite done yet.  ;-)
> Post whatever you can find out, including (very important!) test suite
> output.
>
> We may need copyright papers for nontrivial patches (so please don't
> post them if you're not willing to go there; in that case it is easier
> if you provide pointers and test suggested patches from us).
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>