Re: [Libcdio-devel] Add support for new arch 'ppc64le' in "libcdio" upstream package

[ravi]

On 12/22/2013 03:26 AM, Rocky Bernstein wrote:
> By "outdated libtool" do you mean something other than the libtool on
> *alpha*.gnu.org that has yet to go into general release?
Im referring "alpha.gnu.org"
>   If so, you have a
> somewhat odd meaning of "outdated".
Yes, you are right in a way.
> Also, while on the topic of outdated, the current libcdio version is
> release 0.92 which you can get from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
> libcdio/libcdio-0.92.tar.gz.
I have verified "libcdio-0.92" and found that only "config.guess" file 
has "ppc64le" fixes. But not libtool.m4.
So, is it possible for you to use the aplha libtool and spin off a new 
version of libcdio ? So that we can test libcdio package on ppc64le setup?
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 1:19 PM, ravi <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > including mailing list ...
> >
> > On 11/23/2013 11:52 PM, ravi wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >         We are in the process of adding support for new architecture
> > > 'ppc64le' (PowerPC 64 Little Endian) and as part of that, We have worked
> > > with libtool maintainer to get alpha release (links below) that has all
> > > the needed bits to support building on ppc64le.
> > > A stable libtool release is expected by end of this year.
> > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz(1.6MB)
> > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz(920KB)
> > >
> > > 'libcdio' upstream package didn't build on 'ppc64le' system because of
> > > outdated
> > > libtool. hence we request you to use latest libtool alpha release and
> > > spin off a new version of 'libcdio' package. so that we can test ppc64le
> > > fixes.
> > >
> > > Latest 'libcdio' source package we picked is from :
> > > "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libcdio/libcdio-0.90.tar.gz";
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ravi.
> > --
> > Ravindran
> > IBM LinuxTechnologyCenter

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