Subject: Re: www/htdig-devel fails to build on Solaris
To: None <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
From: None <segv@netctl.net>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 03/04/2006 12:06:16
On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:35:34 +0100
joerg@britannica.bec.de wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:07:03AM +0000, segv@netctl.net wrote:
> > This problem occurs when building the package on Solaris with GCC. When
> > pkgsrc compiler is set to SunPro the build goes fine past this stage, but
> > fails later. Anyway, I'm trying to build it with GCC, but something is
> > wrong with libtool. Can anyone suggest where the problem might be?
> 
> You MUST NOT change the compiler without rebuilding libtool. Sorry, this
> is a limitation of libtool, not pkgsrc. We haven't worked around it nor
> do we currently plan it.
> 
> Joerg

Well this is just hmm... disappointing to say the least (on the part of
libtool, not pkgsrc). Thanks for the clarification.

What's the difference between devel/libtool-base and devel/libtool? When
building packages only libtool-base is installed.