Re: cannot build from git/no daily snapshots

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Peter Rosin wrote:
> > The 'm4' on this MinGW install is not a blessed version and a simple 
> > build/install
> > of latest m4 produces an m4 which does not work. :-(
>
> Was that an MSYS-m4 or a MinGW-m4? Assuming it was MinGW-m4, I

The one that came with the MSYS install was surely a MSYS-m4 and the 
one I built was surely a native Windows m4.  The native Windows m4 I 
built likely produces/consumes Windows text line terminations and that 
is why it did not work (even though libtool configure accepted it).

> think it is too much to ask to require MSYS-tools for simple
> libtool hacking. If it was MSYS-m4, even worse. And the suggestion
> to build a tarball and use that when developing for MinGW is
> just asking too much. Insane work flow.
>
> You have to remember that these extra steps lands on the people
> spending the most time fighting (and waiting for) the build
> system. I haven't touched Libtool in a while now, I wonder why,
> but it was not a conscious decision. Maybe it wasn't fun anymore
> for some reason? These changes does not seem attractive though.

Yes.  It is important that libtool support Windows really well (with 
minimum pain) since I hate Windows so much.  This may sound 
irrational, but a tool which helps cope with Windows also helps reduce 
the amount of time spent on Windows and increases the available time 
to work on application software.

Bob
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