Re: pkg/51311 (libtool fails to build shared libraries)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/51311; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/51311 (libtool fails to build shared libraries)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 17:15:59 +0000

 On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 08:35:01AM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
  > From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
  > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
  > Cc: 
  > Subject: Re: pkg/51311 (libtool fails to build shared libraries)
  > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:33:06 +0200
  > 
  >  So the short version here is: Works As Intended. We do go to some length
  >  to make sure that libtool.m4 is the prestine upstream version, so that
  >  if you build a package for redistribution, it is not polluted with any
  >  local package and you get the same result as on other systems. As a side
  >  effect, this means that the fixes for various platforms in pkgsrc are
  >  also not included. While I do regular runs to upstream them, it is
  >  always a game of cat and mouse. It doesn't help that new libtool
  >  versions tend to add needs for new patches...
 
 This state is also, however, not helpful for people who install the
 thing to use it directly and want it to work.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost