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Re: [MLB] Tag inferrence code needs improving
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Nick Hudson |
Subject: |
Re: [MLB] Tag inferrence code needs improving |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 02:10:43 -0700 (PDT) |
On 26 Oct 2000 06:52:56 -0200, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2000, Nick Hudson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The build system of a package I was trying to build. This build system
would
> > use /usr/bin/cc and libtool would use cc as determined by configure.
>
> The package should have create its own libtool script, properly
> configured for whatever compilers it's going to use.
The problem here is that it isn't an autoconf/automake build system and it
has no understanding of libtool. The NetBSD pkgsrc system uses libtool in
all sorts of packages that don't use libtool out of the box.
> > The suggestion is that the configure system of libtool searches the
> > system for every c, c++, and gcj-like compiler and adds tags for
> > each. OR libtool configure is told that they some are equivalent and
> > uses and alias concept.
>
> So you're talking about the libtool script installed by the libtool
> package, right?
Right.
> Ok, I see the point now. Yes, aliases would be a
> nice addition, and so might be searching for additional compilers.
What's the best way to approach do this then?
Nick
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