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Re: Final(?) patch to update libtool in GCC and src trees


Steve Ellcey wrote:
  I appreciate the problem, but Cygwin can be a bit 'special' when it comes to
libtool; if it hasn't been done yet, can you possibly bear to hold off a bit
while I give it some hasty testing?  (By 'a bit', I mean no more than say
'overnight').  Sorry to be a pain :-/

I can wait, especially since no one has given me the go ahead yet. :-) I know of no cygwin testing that has been done.

Sorry -- I was starting to do some testing, but got distracted by some side issues:
(1) building libbfd/libopcodes as DLL on windows (with the new libtool support). This is related to:
(2) using the new libtool to build libiberty
Warning on #2: I dug up an old (gcc-patches mailing list, circa Oct 2004) attempt at this, and used it with some limited success. However, there are /issues/ with making libiberty into a libtoolized "convenience" library. See this thread:


[RFC] New library "type" needed?
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2007-03/msg00022.html

especially the final post:
Simultaneous pic and non-pic convenience libs [Was: [RFC] New library..]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2007-03/msg00038.html

I'll rip that failed experiment out of my tree and try again with just Steve's patches; however I'd imagine Dave Korn will have results before I do.

--
Chuck


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