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Re: RFC: Update top level libtool files
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:20:16 +0100
- Subject: Re: RFC: Update top level libtool files
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Hi Joseph,
> As per previous discussions on the issue: it's necessary to revert libtool
> commit 3334f7ed5851ef1e96b052f2984c4acdbf39e20c, see
> <https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-01/msg00520.html>.
OK - thanks for that pointer.
> I do not know
> if there are other local libtool changes that are not in version 2.4.6; it
> would be necessary to check all differences from 2.2.7a to determine
> whether any need to be re-applied to 2.4.6.
*sigh* It seems that 2.2.7a was not an official release. At least I could
not find a tarball for that specific version on the ftp.gnu.org/libtool archive.
(There is a 2.2.6b release and a 2.2.8 release but no 2.2.7<anything>). So it
looks like we have been using a modified set of sources for a long time now.
Maybe I would be better off not rocking the boat, and just submit the Fedora
sys_path patch for consideration instead...
> For that matter, these trees are also using very old autoconf and automake
> versions and using the current versions of those (2.69 and 1.15.1) would
> be a good idea as well. Hopefully version dependencies are loose enough
> that it's possible to update one tool at a time (so update libtool without
> needing to update autoconf or automake at the same time).
Oh gosh - I would love to see that done. But the last time I tried I ended
up going down a rabbit hole of autoconf/automake problems that just never
ended. So I gave up. :-( Maybe someone with more autoconf-fu than me will
have a go one day though.
Cheers
Nick