Re: [patch] 1.5.14: Incorrect archive member renaming with GNU ar

[Ralf Wildenhues]

sorry to self-followup.

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 05:59:17PM CEST:
> * Peter O'Gorman wrote on Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 05:30:01PM CEST:
> > Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> 
> Hmm.  Maybe we should consider using
>   eval `$LIBTOOL --config | grep EGREP=`
>   eval `$LIBTOOL --config | $EGREP '(host|build)=`
> when lines like these start to accumulate.  (Just thinking out loud.)

Adding EGREP to TESTS_ENVIRONMENT would be even better..

> > +if test "X$host" != "X$build"; then 
> > +  AT_CHECK([test -x ./main],[0],[ignore],[ignore])

> The `test -x' is ok, but even when cross-compiling, I would like that we
> try to execute it, but just not fail if it doesn't work.  Reason is that
> you might want to cross-compile for, say, older versions of your system
> (i686 -> i486).  No strong opinion, though, except it'd be nice if we
> did it consistently.
> 
> Other than that, you certainly don't want to ignore the output here.

Another reason it's wrong: `test -x ./main' ignores EXEEXT.  Cygwin
works around it fine, but it fails when cross-compiling linux -> cygwin.
(I just stumbled over a similar issue in a test.)

Regards,
Ralf