Re: func_convert_file_cygwin_to_w32 woes

[Peter Rosin]

Den 2011-01-05 05:30 skrev Dan McMahill:
> On 1/4/2011 11:44 AM, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Den 2011-01-04 05:39 skrev Dan McMahill:
>>> On 1/2/2011 12:37 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>
>>>> * Dan McMahill wrote on Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 04:53:25AM CET:
>>>>> I am trying to build a program under cygwin but using the mingw tool
>>>>> chain in a fake cross build way.  In my configure environment, I have:
>>>>>
>>>>>  export lt_cv_to_tool_file_cmd=func_convert_file_cygwin_to_w32
>>>>>
>>>>> as suggested by the libtool manual.  I'm using libtool 2.4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything goes smoothly until install time when libtool calls ranlib
>>>>> (the mingw one) on an absolute path and of course the cygwin absolute
>>>>> path doesn't make sense to the mingw ranlib.  I thought that's what the
>>>>> func_convert... bit was for.
>>>>
>>>> Please copy and paste 'libtool --mode={link,relink,install}' commands
>>>> for the libraries and programs involved.  We may provide better help
>>>> then.
>>>
>>> attached.
>>
>> Ok, I found a couple of minutes to look at this. Can you check if this
>> patch helps?
>>
>> (It still needs a ChangeLog etc...)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Peter
>>
> 
> 
> I'm not running a git version but applying the patch to the libtool-2.4
> I was using worked.  This seems to address the problem.
> 
> Many thanks.

And thank you Dan, for confirming!  Is it ok to add your name to the THANKS
file?

Before I tie up the lose ends with this patch, I wonder if Ralf (or someone
else) could tell me if I should also fix the other assignments of
old_archive_cmds -- such as in the below snippet -- or is that completely
irrelevant?

Cheers,
Peter

      irix5* | irix6*)
        case $cc_basename in
          CC*)
            # SGI C++
            _LT_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)='$CC -shared -all -multigot 
$predep_objects $libobjs $deplibs $postdep_objects $compiler_flags -soname 
$soname `test -n "$verstring" && func_echo_all "-set_version $verstring"` 
-update_registry ${output_objdir}/so_locations -o $lib'

            # Archives containing C++ object files must be created using
            # "CC -ar", where "CC" is the IRIX C++ compiler.  This is
            # necessary to make sure instantiated templates are included
            # in the archive.
            _LT_TAGVAR(old_archive_cmds, $1)='$CC -ar -WR,-u -o $oldlib 
$oldobjs'
            ;;