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Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*
From: |
Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments* |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:03:47 -0600 (CST) |
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
Very well, then let's put it to the vote! I never use the installed
libtool myself, and can't think of a compelling reason to keep it around
that outweighs the misunderstandings that it causes. But, on the other
hand I'm not sure I want to rock the boat too hard...
+0.5 to remove installed libtool script in HEAD
-0.5 for branch-2-0
-1 for branch-1-5
What say you?
There are other options ...
An option which may satisfy both camps (assuming that there are two
camps) is to add a libtool configure option to install the configured
libtool. If this configure option is not used, then whatever decrepit
libtool the user already has on his system will continue to remain
until End Of Days and we will continue to receive bug reports from
users who obtained the libtool version via 'libtool --version' (using
the decrepit version). With this choice the user will be *completely
protected* from any newer version and any problems may safely be
blamed on the decrepit version.
There is also the possibility of removing any existing program
occupying the position where 'libtool' would have been installed when
the new libtool package is installed.
This leaves the choice up to the person who installs libtool (who
presumably knows best), while defaulting to the "safer" choice that
libtool maintainers seem to be comfortable with.
In making this decision, we must consider what existing Automake does.
If it searches for installed libtool by looking for a 'libtool'
program in the path, then there will be problems.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
address@hidden, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, (continued)
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/03/02
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Alexandre Oliva, 2005/03/02
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Albert Chin, 2005/03/02
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/03/02
- Don't install a libtool script (was: Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*), Peter O'Gorman, 2005/03/02
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Charles Wilson, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Albert Chin, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*,
Bob Friesenhahn <=
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Alexandre Oliva, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/03/03
- Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Alexandre Oliva, 2005/03/09
Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/03/01
Re: CC can be a program name *with arguments*, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/03/02