FYI: allow running libtool tests at configure time [libtool--gary--1.0--patch-26]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 03:28:00PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> 
> >I have re-diffed this against current CVS HEAD, including changes for my
> >complaints.  Unless anybody complains, I will apply this soon and
> >backport to branch-2-0, killing yet another impediment to 2.0.  :)
> 
> >        * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (LT_OUTPUT): New macro to generate
> >        libtool before config.status.
> >        (_LT_CONFIG_COMMANDS): If LT_OUTPUT has been invoked, then
> >        generate code in config.status to call config.lt instead of
> >        generating libtool directly.
> >        * doc/libtool.texi (LT_INIT): Document LT_OUTPUT.
> >        * tests/early-libtool.at: New test.
> >        * Makefile.am (TESTSUITE_AT): Updated.
> >        * tests/testsuite.at: Updated.  Define defaults for
> >        $ACLOCAL, $AUTOCONF.
> 
> Excellent!  I was just addressing your nits with patch-23 having 
> installed patched autoconf-2.59 and automake-1.9.6.  Please go right 
> ahead...

FYI: Applied to HEAD and branch-2-0.  The only thing I changed was
_LTEOF -> _EOF in tests/early-libtool.at, because "the user" is not
supposed to use _LTEOF in her configure.ac.

The backport consisted exactly in removing all references to the new
test suite.

> I'll repost patch-23 presently.

Hmm.  I still don't like the massive source tree file reorganization.
Can't we get around it?

> Did you finish the branch-1-5 forward ports you wanted in before the 
> next 1.9h beta?  If so, I think we are in pretty good shape to pump the 
> release once this patch and patch-23 are in branch-2-0! :-D

I have tested using libltdl a bit.  In another mail.  And a TODO list in
yet another mail (but it's really getting small :).

I will also try to do 1.5.20 this weekend, for the ultra-stable lovers.

Cheers,
Ralf