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Re: FYI: libtool--devo--1.0--patch-204
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Gary V. Vaughan |
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Re: FYI: libtool--devo--1.0--patch-204 |
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Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:15:54 +0100 |
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Hi Bob,
Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> The new libtool may be more wonderful than pre-sliced bread (toasts and
> butters, in addition to slicing), but it seems that CVS libtool's
> cross-platform portability is currently at one of the lowest points in
> memory. We need to get this puppy stabilized and tested across many
> platforms/compilers since libtool is supposed to be cross-platform
> portability software. Relatively simple issues like print/echo/grep
> have been getting in the way of this testing.
Well said. I'm going to create a branch-2-0 for this release, and use
the tarball to test on the platforms I have access to. I'll also downgrade
to Autoconf-2.59 and Automake-1.9.2.
> As for myself, I have been negligent with testing/fixing libtool under
> MinGW. Last I looked, it has become completely broken under MinGW and
> can no longer even build libltdl. I will try to find time.
Wow, that's bad! I gather that cygwin is in pretty good shape at the moment
too (when I revert Chucks last changeset ;-)
Cheers,
Gary.
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