cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-12 12:18, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> On 11/12/2021 12:50 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so 
>> retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is 
>> coming from!
>> There are no files in the tarball, repo, or build dirs containing 7.4.0
> 
> Those paths come from /usr/bin/libtool.  There's some discussion of this 
> issue in
> 
>    https://mingw-users.narkive.com/Mx8FQPRf/libtool-hard-coded-paths ,
> 
> which even mentions the ncurses problem.  I don't know enough about 
> libtool to suggest the best solution, but probably others on the list do.

Thanks Ken,

That's the source of the symptom indeed!

The package ncurses is pre-auto-tooled in that it appears to have 
everything setup so that configure reconfigs everything and generates 
the expected outputs.

Now should I patch /usr/bin/libtool, libtoolize the sources, 
cygautoreconf, or upgrade libtool?
Anyone have any ideas for the best approach?
Or just go for it and try each in turn in case something works?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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