RE: File and Libtool...

[Bureau, Pierre]

        Hi,

        I have discovered why the configure script fails. The grep version on my system was 'GNU grep 2.3' and for some unknown (quite confusing) reasons, this grep version would fail with a patern such as:

        'ELF [0-9][0-9]*-bits (shared object | dynamic library)'

because of the syntax (A | B) that's apparently unsupported.

As a result a lot of detection fails, and particularly the detection concerning shared library (detecting Gnu Ld, libtool detecting shared lib...etc..)

The solution I used: upgrade to 'GNU grep 2.4' and everything's fine (I do feel better now...;)

        Thanks,

        Pierre Bureau

PS: This problem doesn't really concern libtool itself, if someone could forward it to the proper gnome list (or send me an address)...

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandre Oliva [mailto:address@hidden]
Sent: 13 January 2001 07:12
To: Bureau, Pierre
Cc: 'address@hidden'
Subject: Re: File and Libtool...

On Jan 12, 2001, "Bureau, Pierre" <address@hidden> wrote:

> *** Warning: the command libtool uses to detect shared libraries,
> *** /usr/bin/file, produces output that libtool cannot recognize.

So, what is the output /usr/bin/file produces?

>  As a result, none of the Gnome shared library are built.... And that's
> fucking annoying...

Understood.  This is kind-of fixed in the CVS version of libtool.  (It
no longer uses file on GNU/Linux/x86)

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