gnumeric vs perl = libtool vs binutils on NetBSD-current

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Hi!

On 3.99.1[56], since the binutils update, gnumeric doesn't compile any longer.
The build there fails with:

/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link cc  -O2 -I/usr/pkg/include 
-I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include/python2.4 -I/usr/include/krb5 
-DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY -I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include  -Wall 
-Wmissing-prototypes  -Wsign-compare -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs 
-Wchar-subscripts -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs -Wmissing-noreturn 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-format-attribute 
-Wmissing-declarations   -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/lib 
-Wl,-R/usr/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/config 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/config -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,-R/usr/X11R6/lib -o 
perl_loader.la -rpath /usr/pkg/lib/gnumeric/1.6.2/plugins/perl-loader -module 
-avoid-version -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib --whole-archive -shared  -L/usr/pkg/lib 
boot.lo perl-loader.lo perl-gnumeric.lo  xsinit.lo -Wl,-E  
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib 
 -L/usr/pkg/lib 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a 
-L/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lm -lcrypt 
-lpthread -lm

*** Warning: Linking the shared library perl_loader.la against the
*** static library 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a
 is not portable!
rm -fr  .libs/perl_loader.so
cc -shared  .libs/boot.o .libs/perl-loader.o .libs/perl-gnumeric.o 
.libs/xsinit.o  -L/usr/obj/math/gnumeric/work.i386/.buildlink/lib 
-L/usr/obj/math/gnumeric/work.i386/.buildlink/lib/python2.4/config 
-L/usr/obj/math/gnumeric/work.i386/.x11-buildlink/lib 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a
 
-L/usr/obj/math/gnumeric/work.i386/.buildlink/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE
 -lperl -lcrypt -lpthread -lm  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/config -Wl,-R/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,-E 
-Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/CORE -Wl,-soname 
-Wl,perl_loader.so -o .libs/perl_loader.so
ar cru .libs/perl_loader.a 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a
  boot.o perl-loader.o perl-gnumeric.o xsinit.o 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a
ar: 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a:
 No such file or directory
*** Error code 1

Stop.

I wonder why libtool converts
        
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a
to
        
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/libDynaLoader_pic.a
 

The directory 
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/ contains:
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  7430 Mar 10 06:54 DynaLoader.a
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   181 Mar 10 06:57 autosplit.ix
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  1269 Mar 10 06:57 dl_expandspec.al
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   505 Mar 10 06:57 dl_find_symbol_anywhere.al
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  4296 Mar 10 06:57 dl_findfile.al
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel     1 Mar 10 06:57 extralibs.ld
which matches the contents of a 5.8.7nb8 binary package for 3.0/i386 I found on 
ftp.netbsd.org:
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel       7430 Jan 15 11:22 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel        181 Jan 15 11:26 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/autosplit.ix
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel       1269 Jan 15 11:26 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/dl_expandspec.al
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel        505 Jan 15 11:26 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/dl_find_symbol_anywhere.al
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel       4296 Jan 15 11:26 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/dl_findfile.al
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel          1 Jan 15 11:26 
lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/extralibs.ld

But the build succeeds on 3.0/i386 (judging from the bulk builds),
and gnumeric did build for me on 3.99.15/i386 before I upgraded to
the userland with newer binutils.

So what does libtool do differently with binutils 2.16.1
than with binutils 2.15-20041204?

Cheers,
 Thomas