RE: [PATCH] Invoke LT_AC_PROG_SED earlier

[Bob Friesenhahn]

In spite of your arguments, the patch *still* looks reasonable to me,
and I think it should be commited. :-)

We will find out soon enough if it causes new problems.

Bob

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Boehne, Robert wrote:

> One more thing...
> Concerning s/sed/$SED/ in ltmain.in, if this substitution is not made
> libtool cannot install libraries with commands longer than the default
> sed will truncate to.  This patch is needed to fix that by using the
> checked $SED rather than plain old 'sed'.
>
> Ok to commit?
>
> Robert
>
> ChangeLog entry:
> 2002-12-19  Robert Boehne  <address@hidden>
>
>       * ltmain.in: Use the sed program found by LT_AC_PROG_SED
>       so that relink commands don't get truncated.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Friesenhahn [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:01 PM
> To: Boehne, Robert
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Invoke LT_AC_PROG_SED earlier
>
>
> The patch looks reasonable to me.  Go for it!
>
> Bob
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Boehne, Robert wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This patch causes $SED to be set earlier in the configuration
> > so it can be used in all of the places where it is needed.
> > Common "sed" programs truncate all characters in a line after
> > approximately the 2400th, causing large libraries to be built
> > with missing object files, or causing make to fail.
> >
> > Ok to commit?
> >
> > ChangeLog entry:
> >
> > 2002-12-18  Robert Boehne  <address@hidden>
> >
> >     * libtool.m4: Move AC_REQUIRE([LT_AC_PROG_SED]) to AC_PROG_LD
> >     so it is invoked earlier.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Robert Boehne             Software Engineer
> > Ricardo Software   Chicago Technical Center
> > TEL: (630)789-0003 x. 238
> > FAX: (630)789-0127
> > email:  rboehne AT ricardo-us DOT com
> >
> >
>
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