Re: libtoolize's updatemsg

[Bruce Korb]

address@hidden wrote:
> 
> Sorry if the following phenomenon is not a problem.
> 
>   I executed 'libtoolize' and got a message like this:
> 
>      ===================================================
>      You should add the contents of `/usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to 
> `aclocal.m4'.
>      ===================================================
> 
>   But I could not find out the reason why I had received this
> message, so I read the content of 'libtoolize' shell script,
> and could locate the line which echos '"You should $updatemsg."'
> (line number:231).
> 
>   To avoid receiving the message, I have to pass a condition
> on line 207:
> 
>      ===================================================
>      if egrep '^AC_DEFUN\(A[MC]_PROG_LIBTOOL' aclocal.m4 >/dev/null 2>&1;
> then
>      ===================================================
> 
>   However, after reading `/usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool.m4',
> I noticed that I would never pass the condition unless I change
> the line 207 like this:
> 
>      ===================================================
>      if egrep '^AC_DEFUN\(\[A[MC]_PROG_LIBTOOL' aclocal.m4 >/dev/null 2>&1;
> then
>                           ^^
>      ===================================================
> 
>   I just installed
> 
>      autoconf-2.52,
>      automake-1.5 and
>      libtool-1.4.2
> 
> today.  Please tell me whether I can simply ignore the update
> message or not.

Yes, you can safely ignore it.  I've forwarded this to the libtool
list.  It has irritated me for a long time, too....  :-)