Re: libtoolize bugs in HEAD

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hallo Ralf!

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>>Perhaps you have out of date Makefile.in or mismatched bootstrap script?
> 
> 
> Obviously not.  Did you use GNU make and bash?

Yep:

] make --version
GNU Make version 3.79, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for powerpc-apple-darwin7.0
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
] grep 'SHELL *=' +build/Makefile
SHELL = /bin/sh
] head -n 1 bootstrap
#! /bin/sh
] /bin/sh --version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-apple-darwin7.0)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

How odd!  Maybe you are using a newer GNU make?  Or there is something
in your environment?  Either way, we need to find a way to filter out
the make output. :-(

> Now don't you think choosing `-I' as the option name is a really really
> bad idea?  Talk about consistent option naming.  Think stupid user error.

With handsight, yes, bad name.  Luckily, -I is removed by --patch-11.  Do
you want me to wait for you to review it some more? Or can I invoke the 72
hour rule?  I was planning on commiting 11 and 12 tomorrow otherwise...

>>Do you want me to make any changes to gary--1.0--patch-11 before committing
>>to HEAD btw?
>  
> Let's see that in another mail.  I don't have much time ATM.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2005-03/msg00223.html

Cheers,
        Gary.
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