Index: ltmain.in
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RCS file: /home/cvs/libtool/ltmain.in,v
retrieving revision 1.200.2.51
diff -u -r1.200.2.51 ltmain.in
--- ltmain.in	2001/03/10 20:03:01	1.200.2.51
+++ ltmain.in	2001/03/11 17:03:51
@@ -4757,7 +4757,7 @@
     echo
     echo "If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries"
     echo "in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and"
-    echo "specify the full pathname of the library, or use \`-LLIBDIR'"
+    echo "specify the full pathname of the library, or use the \`-LLIBDIR'"
     echo "flag during linking and do at least one of the following:"
     if test -n "$shlibpath_var"; then
       echo "   - add LIBDIR to the \`$shlibpath_var' environment variable"
@@ -4933,6 +4933,8 @@
     modename="$modename: $mode"
     rm="$nonopt"
     files=
+    rmforce=
+    exit_status=0
 
     # This variable tells wrapper scripts just to set variables rather
     # than running their programs.
@@ -4941,6 +4943,7 @@
     for arg
     do
       case $arg in
+      -f) rm="$rm $arg"; rmforce=yes ;;
       -*) rm="$rm $arg" ;;
       *) files="$files $arg" ;;
       esac
@@ -4973,6 +4976,11 @@
 	esac
       fi
 
+      # Don't error if the file doesn't exist and rm -f was used.
+      if test ! -e "$file" && test "$rmforce" = yes; then
+        continue
+      fi
+
       rmfiles="$file"
 
       case $name in
@@ -4997,6 +5005,9 @@
 		IFS="$save_ifs"
 		$show "$cmd"
 		$run eval "$cmd"
+		if test $? != 0 && test "$rmforce" != yes; then
+		  exit_status=1
+		fi
 	      done
 	      IFS="$save_ifs"
 	    fi
@@ -5009,6 +5020,9 @@
 		IFS="$save_ifs"
 		$show "$cmd"
 		$run eval "$cmd"
+		if test $? != 0 && test "$rmforce" != yes; then
+		  exit_status=1
+		fi
 	      done
 	      IFS="$save_ifs"
 	    fi
@@ -5053,7 +5067,7 @@
 	;;
       esac
       $show "$rm $rmfiles"
-      $run $rm $rmfiles
+      $run $rm $rmfiles || exit_status=1
     done
 
     # Try to remove the ${objdir}s in the directories where we deleted files
@@ -5064,7 +5078,7 @@
       fi
     done
 
-    exit 0
+    exit $exit_status
     ;;
 
   "")