Re: Octave 3.6.4-rc0 release candidate available for ftp

[Alexander Hansen]

On 10/18/12 3:23 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> On Oct 18, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> 
>> On 10/18/12 2:28 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/18/12 11:14 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/18/12 10:48 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ libtool --version
>>>>>>> libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
>>>>>>> Usage: libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] 
>>>>>>> [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
>>>>>>> Usage: libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] 
>>>>>>> [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] 
>>>>>>> [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] 
>>>>>>> [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table 
>>>>>>> <filename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load] 
>>>>>>> [-noall_load]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hmmm ... I'll just ask MacPorts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ port installed libtool
>>>>>>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>>>>>> libtool @2.4_1
>>>>>>> libtool @2.4.2_0
>>>>>>> libtool @2.4.2_2
>>>>>>> libtool @2.4.2_3 (active)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The link below indicates that I'm using the same libtool as you ... but 
>>>>>>> why is the syntax is different?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=libtool
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple has their own "libtool" which is not at all similar to GNU's
>>>>>> libtool.  Fink installs the latter executable under the name "glibtool",
>>>>>> and Macports may well do the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> MacPorts apparently does not rename libtool
>>>>>
>>>>>   $ which libtool
>>>>>   /opt/local/bin/libtool
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah.  Must be a PATH thing:
>>>>
>>>> $ libtool --version
>>>> libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
>>>> Usage: libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]]
>>>> [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
>>>> Usage: libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]]
>>>> [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name]
>>>> [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#]
>>>> [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table
>>>> <filename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load]
>>>> [-noall_load]
>>>> Alexanders-MacBook-Pro:install hansen$ which libtool
>>>> /usr/bin/libtool
>>>>
>>>> $ glibtool --version
>>>> libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2
>>>> Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <address@hidden>, 1996
>>>>
>>>> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure why the MacPort's version doesn't support "--version" ?  I get 
>>> the same error with it as I do the Apple version.
>>>
>>> $ /opt/local/bin/libtool --version
>>> /opt/local/bin/libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
>>> Usage: /opt/local/bin/libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist 
>>> listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
>>> Usage: /opt/local/bin/libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist 
>>> listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] 
>>> [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] 
>>> [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table 
>>> <filename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load] 
>>> [-noall_load]
>>>
>>> $ /usr/bin/libtool --version
>>> /usr/bin/libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version
>>> Usage: /usr/bin/libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist 
>>> listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT]
>>> Usage: /usr/bin/libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist 
>>> listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] 
>>> [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] 
>>> [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table 
>>> <filename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename <file_system_path>] [-all_load] 
>>> [-noall_load]
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Could your /opt/local/bin/libtool be a symlink?
>>
>> I can't imagine even if Macports were doing an update to Apple's libtool
>> (possible, though) that the version which would be applied to that would
>> be so suspiciously similar to the GNU libtool version.
> 
> Looks real and different from Apple's
> 
> $ ls -l /opt/local/bin/libtool 
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  admin  155520 Apr 23 10:54 /opt/local/bin/libtool
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/libtool 
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  312880 Jun 15  2011 /usr/bin/libtool
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 

Hmm, yeah.

I guess just check with the Macports folks as to whether it's _supposed_
to be GNU libtool or Apple libtool.  The two aren't interchangeable in
the slightest.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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