Subject: Re: FreeBSD and "checking the maximum length of command line
To: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/16/2004 20:59:16
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:43:40 +0200
Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:31:41 +0200
> "Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv@menta.net> wrote:
> 
> > So what?  If a package does not use libtool, it won't use that value at all
> > (or not with the same name), as it comes from libtool.m4.  So it's useless
> > w/o libtool.
> > 
> > (It shouldn't cause trouble with other packages not using libtool, though)
> > 
> > The other and _correct_ solution is to patch libtool's check in libtool.m4
> > to DTRT in NetBSD/FreeBSD, send the patch back to authors, and wait for the
> > next version, where this won't be needed for libtool itself ;)
> 
> If you have one package that doesn't need libtool, and want to skip the check,
> do we should to use "USE_LIBTOOL" then?

Simply put, if a package doesn't use libtool, it won't do that check.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/