Re: match_pattern support for .a files linked in shared libs

[Albert Chin]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 10:21:53AM -0701, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> When libtool is given a .a to link into a shared library, if
> deplibs_check_method != pass_all, it doesn't link.  However,
> both NetBSD and OpenBSD allow shared libs to be built with
> certain .a files, as per match_pattern.
> 
> Here is a patch against branch-1-5.
> 
> I ripped the match-pattern_regex from another part of libtool.
> 
> -- 
> <address@hidden>

> Index: ltmain.in
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/ltmain.in,v
> retrieving revision 1.334.2.37
> diff -u -r1.334.2.37 ltmain.in
> --- ltmain.in 30 Jul 2004 14:02:12 -0000      1.334.2.37
> +++ ltmain.in 30 Jul 2004 17:15:07 -0000
> @@ -2099,7 +2099,21 @@
>         fi
>         case $linkmode in
>         lib)
> -         if test "$deplibs_check_method" != pass_all; then
> +         valid_a_lib=no
> +         case $deplibs_check_method in
> +           match_pattern*)
> +             match_pattern_regex=`expr "$deplibs_check_method" : "$2 \(.*\)"`
> +             if eval $echo \"$deplib\" 2>/dev/null \
> +                 | ${SED} 10q \
> +                 | ${EGREP} "$match_pattern_regex" > /dev/null; then

${SED} -> $SED
${EGREP} -> $EGREP

And, you need to fix the indentation after the 'if' statement.

-- 
albert chin (address@hidden)