Hello Gary, * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:30:26PM CEST: > On 22 May 2007, at 10:45, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> >> I'd prefer, if it's not too much work, that the test be run on all >> systems, but on the tough ones not build moddepend, and exit SKIP >> even if the other modules turn out to work. If you agree and are >> willing to do the work, consider a patch preapproved. ;-) > > Sure. Actually, I didn't mean to skip the entirety of the test in that > file, just the parts that test that the global hint works. I think > this is what you mean too, right?
Yes, we're violently agreeing. > WDYT about emitting a portability warning when using the global hint? I'm > worried that developers will abuse the feature on Linux, without the > knowledge that porting their software will be an order of magnitude > harder if they use it... maybe a strong warning in the manual and NEWS > file is enough? Not sure what you intend here. I don't see how libtool can automatically detect non-portability to happen here. If all you're out to is add a warning to the test source code, then sure, go ahead. Cheers, Ralf
