Re: gnumeric vs perl = libtool vs binutils on NetBSD-current

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

On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 07:27:58PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 07:15:17PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > On 3.99.1[56], since the binutils update, gnumeric doesn't compile any 
> > longer.
> > The build there fails with:
> [..]
> 
> > 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
> >  
> 
> What I found was some code in pkgsrc/mk in these files:
> 
> buildlink3/cmd-sink-libtool
> wrapper/arg-pp-main
> 
> Thats the place were it will be converted.

Ah, true.
>From the work.log file it seems that the gcc part of the replacement works
fine, however the ar argument is not replaced, and that causes the build 
failure.

> [..]
> > So what does libtool do differently with binutils 2.16.1
> > than with binutils 2.15-20041204?
> 
> I would also like to know the reason why the old 'hack' doesn't work anymore.

Does someone have a make output and a work.log file from before 3.99.15,
so we can compare them?
 Thomas