Re: fix path search initialisation bugs [libtool--gary--1.0--patch-9]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 05:56:11PM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >>Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >>
> >>Now that I think about it, it does seem sensible to make the $top_srcdir
> >>layout of installed files used by libtoolize match their layout in the
> >>installation tree, which will make libtoolizes life a whole lot easier
> >>all round.  Shall we aim at that instead of this patch?
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not so sure things *will* get easier that way.
> 
> Sure they do... it saves 42 lines of code in libtoolize infact :-)
> Patch to follow.

Yeah, I'll judge that when I see it.  :->

> > Would it not suffice to put all the testsuite tests which would need
> > this, into `installcheck'?  Would that defeat some purpose?
> 
> I'd rather be able to tell that the latest libtool is broken *before* I
> install it over the old one!

No, I meant that differently.  Just like distcheck, take an installation
directory you own (and can `rm -rf' later) and check that installation.
Thinking again .. maybe that was a slip of mind.  I'm not sure.

Regards,
Ralf