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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: {libtool/libltdl7}-2.2.7a-10


On Mar 17 14:03, Dave Korn wrote:
>   I noticed that the output from 'file' has changed recently, e.g.:
> 
> /bin $ file -L /bin/ls.exe
> /bin/ls.exe: MS-DOS executable PE  for MS Windows (console) Intel 80386 32-bit
> 
>   Maybe this will help?  Or perhaps something similar elsewhere.  Libtool uses
> file in several ways to help it decide what it's going to build.
> 
> 
> /bin $ diff -pu libtool.orig libtool
> --- libtool.orig        2009-03-15 23:19:29.500000000 +0000
> +++ libtool     2009-03-15 23:21:14.906250000 +0000
> @@ -3273,6 +3273,7 @@ func_win32_libid ()
>    *executable*) # but shell scripts are "executable" too...
>      case $win32_fileres in
>      *MS\ Windows\ PE\ Intel*)
> +    *PE*\ *MS\ Windows\ *Intel*)
>        win32_libid_type="x86 DLL"

I'm wondering how the original expression was supposed to work even
with older file(1) versions:

  $ file-4.21 /bin/bash
  /bin/bash: MS-DOS executable PE  for MS Windows (console) Intel 80386 32-bit

That doesn't match "*MS\ Windows\ PE\ Intel*" as far as I can see.


Corinna

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