Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well engineered release in the history of libtool, or else it is the least well tested release ever... I did voice one minor complaint on another list (automake).

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-06 Thread Simon Josefsson
Gary V. Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 1 Feb 2008, at 01:06, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: The Libtool Team is pleased to announce alpha release 2.1b of GNU Libtool. With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well engineered release in the

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Bob, * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:21:19PM CET: Using BUILT_SOURCES is similarly evil to using SUBDIRS to a project desiring a completely non-recursive build. I suppose you know of a better, portable way? If there is a way to replace this with proper

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-06 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Gary V. Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well engineered release in the history of libtool, or else it is the least well tested release ever... For what it's worth, swfdec and swfdec-mozilla are fine

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-05 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
On 1 Feb 2008, at 01:06, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: The Libtool Team is pleased to announce alpha release 2.1b of GNU Libtool. With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well engineered release in the history of libtool, or else it is the least well

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-05 Thread Jason Curl
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: On 1 Feb 2008, at 01:06, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: The Libtool Team is pleased to announce alpha release 2.1b of GNU Libtool. With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well engineered release in the history

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-05 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Jason, On 6 Feb 2008, at 13:37, Jason Curl wrote: Gary V. Vaughan wrote: On 1 Feb 2008, at 01:06, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: The Libtool Team is pleased to announce alpha release 2.1b of GNU Libtool. With only one bug reported and fixed since Feb 1, either this is the most spectacularly well

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bob, On 1 Feb 2008, at 15:25, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: Aha! I get the same error if I undo that patch in my GraphicsMagick working copy, run bootstrap with libtoolize (2.1b). I'll see if I can figure out why I get this: $ grep argz.lo Makefile ltdl_LTLIBOBJS = argz.lo Instead of

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: So, in effect, the patch I attached to my last message is the correct fix for the error you were seeing. Your micro-patch does work and does not bother me. Do you think we should put undocumented support for the temporary interface we had for a

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
Gary, It turns out that your micro-patch does not actually work since there is a failure during 'make distcheck': gmake[2]: *** No rule to make target `ltdl/argz.lo', needed by `ltdl/libltdlc.la'. Stop. gmake[2]: Leaving directory

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-01 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
On 2 Feb 2008, at 01:21, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: Gary, Hi Bob! It turns out that your micro-patch does not actually work since there is a failure during 'make distcheck': gmake[2]: *** No rule to make target `ltdl/argz.lo', needed by `ltdl/ libltdlc.la'. Stop. gmake[2]: Leaving directory

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-02-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Gary, * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 01:11:59PM CET: So, in effect, the patch I attached to my last message is the correct fix for the error you were seeing. Confirmed. Thanks for analysing this, and thanks also for cutting the release! Do you think we should put

GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-01-31 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
The Libtool Team is pleased to announce alpha release 2.1b of GNU Libtool. GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl, which hides the complexity of loading dynamic runtime libraries (modules) behind a

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-01-31 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
It is good that this is only an alpha release since it is now broken. Perhaps the massive flurry of changes at the very last minute was not a wise idea. I have been updating every few days without issues but today libtool broke GraphicsMagick: gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target `argz.lo',

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-01-31 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bob! On 1 Feb 2008, at 11:17, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: It is good that this is only an alpha release since it is now broken. Perhaps the massive flurry of changes at the very last minute was not a wise idea. Well, I only applied the 2 patches that have been open for comment on the list

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-01-31 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: What does this show in your environment? $ grep lt_ltdl_dir= configure lt_ltdl_dir='ltdl' $ grep lt_libobj_prefix lt_dlopen_dir=$lt_ltdl_dir; lt_libobj_prefix=$lt_ltdl_dir/ _ltdl_libobjs=$_ltdl_libobjs $lt_libobj_prefix$i.$ac_objext

Re: GNU Libtool 2.1b released (alpha release)

2008-01-31 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bob, On 1 Feb 2008, at 13:09, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: What does this show in your environment? $ grep lt_ltdl_dir= configure lt_ltdl_dir='ltdl' $ grep lt_libobj_prefix lt_dlopen_dir=$lt_ltdl_dir; lt_libobj_prefix=$lt_ltdl_dir/