Re: Patch to support IA64 HP-UX

[Robert Boehne]

Steve Ellcey wrote:
> 
> I have put together a libtool.m4 patch to support the HP-UX IA64
> (Itanium) platform and would like to have it checked in if it is
> acceptable.  IA64 HP-UX differs from the PA platform in a number of ways
> such as using the .so suffix instead of .sl.  I also took advantage of
> some new (HP-UX) features to make IA64 HP-UX look more like other ELF
> platforms.  These include using LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of SHLIB_PATH
> and using -L to hardcode paths instead of +b.  SHLIB_PATH and +b are
> still supported on IA64 but I chose not to use them in order to create a
> more 'standard' type configuration.
> 
> I ran the libtool test suite and it does not pass completely (fails 6 of
> 75 tests) but the other HP-UX platforms don't seem to pass completely
> either so I was hoping this could be checked in anyway and fixes could
> be added later once the basic support is in.  I spent the better part of
> two days trying to get the full test suite to pass and I don't know if I
> can afford to spend any more time on it right now, but I would like to
> get some support for IA64 HP-UX into the official source tree if
> possible.
> 
> Steve Ellcey
> address@hidden
> 

Steve:

Thanks for the patch!  I work mostly with the multi-language-branch
of Libtool because the main branch doesn't have the features I need.
Libtool 1.5 will be based on the multi-language-branch, and it is
quite difficult for maintainers to transform a patch for head to the
MLB without a platform to test on.  I'd like to see support for
your platform in the MLB, and I'd be glad to help you work your
patch into the MLB framework and get rid of any test failures.

Robert

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