Re: HEAD: support IBM xl* compilers on GNU/Linux/ppc

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:48:04AM CEST:
> 
> Sorry for the late reply... just back from an unexpectedly extended  
> road trip.

No worries.

> Yes, please apply.

Thanks.  I applied with a small change in NEWS and the ChangeLog,
figured that it may be good to note that the shlibpath_var issue
is still open.

Cheers,
Ralf

2007-08-29  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>

        * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_COMPILER_PIC, _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS)
        (_LT_LANG_CXX_CONFIG) [ linux ]: Add support for IBM XL 8.0
        C/C++ (xlc*, xlC*) and IBM XL Fortran 10.1 (xlf*) on GNU/Linux,
        tested on ppc, pending a $shlibpath_var related fix.
        (_LT_SYS_HIDDEN_LIBDEPS): Double-quote $output_verbose_link_cmd
        properly during evaluation, obsoleting $no_glob_subst mangling.
        * NEWS: Update.

--- NEWS        24 Jun 2007 20:46:45 -0000      1.205
+++ NEWS        29 Aug 2007 20:51:57 -0000
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
   - Improved support for UnixWare.
   - Initial support for RDOS.
   - Initial Support for FC (modern Fortran).
-  - Support for Portland Group compiler and the Sun compiler suite on
-    GNU/Linux.
+  - Support for Portland Group compiler, the Sun compiler suite on GNU/Linux,
+    and initial support for the IBM compiler suite on GNU/Linux/ppc.
   - Support for linux-dietlibc (`diet' as well as `diet-dyn', separately).
   - Building libltdl with a C++ compiler has been undusted.
   - On (AIX?,) HP-UX, and OpenBSD, hardcoding has been changed to prefer