Five tests use aclocal, but do not have a check for whether aclocal is
available to use. This causes reported tests failures in Linux From
Scratch and Darwin builds.
* tests/standalone.at: Add AT_XFAIL_IF check for aclocal for all tests.
* tests/subproject.at: Add AT_XFAIL_IF check for aclocal for last test.
* Makefile.am: Fix typo.
* doc/libtool.texi: Add missing test case descriptions and specify
option and command where missing in test case descriptions.
The file magic test fails to determine the file type of libraries when
cross-compiling with an aarch64 compiler without additional strings to
search for in an objdump.
* build-aux/ltmain.in: Append 'pe-aarch64' to file_magic in the
lt_cv_deplibs_check_method.
* m4/libtool.m4: Append 'pe-aarch64' to file format check.
The macro _LT_CMD_OLD_ARCHIVE inlines the definition of AC_PROG_RANLIB,
which seems to be outdated functionality. Running autoscan in a
directory with ltmain.sh produces conflicting warnings with libtoolize
about AC_PROG_RANLIB. Autoconf warns that AC_PROG_RANLIB is missing,
but libtoolize warns that it is obsolete. The outdated warning should
no longer appear after replacing AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :) with
AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_RANLIB]).
* m4/libtool.m4: Use AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_RANLIB]).
* Makefile.am: Added in tests/bug_42313.at.
* tests/bug_42313.at: Contains test cases for bug 42313.
Reported at <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?110674>.
* doc/libtool.texi (LT_INIT): Talk about --enable-aix-soname instead of --with-aix-soname.
* m4/ltoptions.m4 (_LT_WITH_AIX_SONAME): Use AC_ARG_ENABLE instead of
AC_ARG_WITH. In the default case, use _AC_ENABLE_IF, in order to still
recognize the old option --with-aix-soname.
* m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER): Update comment.
* configure.ac: Update comment.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
Reported at <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?110674>.
* doc/libtool.texi (LT_INIT): Talk about --enable-pic instead of
--with-pic, and about --disable-pic instead of --without-pic.
(Test descriptions): Likewise.
* m4/ltoptions.m4 (_LT_WITH_PIC): Use AC_ARG_ENABLE instead of
AC_ARG_WITH. In the default case, use _AC_ENABLE_IF, in order to still
recognize the old options --with-pic and --without-pic.
* tests/demo.at: Add a test for --enable-pic, keeping the test for
--with-pic. Test '--disable-pic' instead of '--with-pic=no'.
* tests/with-pic.at: Test --enable-pic instead of --with-pic.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* doc/libtool.texi (Link mode): Document that -export-symbols does not work on
static libraries. Document the most important platforms where it does not work
on shared libraries.
Test 170 in bug_62343.at is failing to link object files with a library
file. This is fixed by choosing the correct architecture version of a
compiler by using the 'CXX' macro.
tests/bug_62343.at: Replace 'g++' with 'CXX' macro
It has been discovered that under certain conditions libtool creates
wrappers that prefer installed versions of the shared objects over
those built in the source tree. As a result, any tests run in the
source tree produce unreliable results.
* build-aux/ltmain.in: Alter to use shared objects in source tree
instead of installed.
* Makefile.am: Added in tests/bug_71489.at.
* tests/bug_71489.at: Contains test case for bug 71489.
* build-aux/ltmain.in: Append argument to error message to make it
easier to understand, and edit message of each instance where
run-paths are not absolute to better reflect the issue occurring
to the user.
Append '-no_fixup_chains' flag to disable chained fixups since it
is not compatible with '-undefined dynamic_lookup'.
* m4/libtool.m4: AC_VAR_APPEND will handle appending the option to
the variable, which allows the '+=' extension to be used by shells
that provide this capability for more efficient scaling. Also, bump
minimum required version of autoconf from 2.62 to 2.64.
* tests/no-executables.at: Set cache variable for link test.
* NO-THANKS: Add thanks for Carlo Cabrera and Dave Allured.
When building native GCC for the x86_64-w64-mingw32 host, the
compiler copies its library DLLs to the `bin` directory. However,
in the case of a multilib configuration, both 32-bit and 64-bit
libraries end up in the same `bin` directory, leading to conflicts
where 64-bit DLLs are overridden by their 32-bit counterparts.
This patch addresses the issue by adjusting the installation path
for the libraries. Specifically, it installs the libraries to
separate directories: `lib` for 64-bit and `lib32` for 32-bit. This
behavior aligns with how libraries are installed when creating an
x86_64-w64-mingw32 cross-compiler without copying them to the `bin`
directory if it is a multilib build.
* m4/libtool.m4: Install DLL to $(libdir), not $(libdir)/bin, if
multilib build.
This changes the C function prototypes to use void where needed. When
building with CFLAGS=-Werror=strict-prototypes or similar, the libtool's
tests can cause false reports and errors in the log files:
error: function declaration isn't a prototype
* m4/libtool.m4: Specify void for main function prototypes.
* m4/ltdl.m4: Specify void for main and fnord function prototypes.
Numerous test failures on windows/cygwin/mingw result with:
did not find the 'nothing' variable
A syntax fix resolves these test failures for 64-bit windows-
based systems.
* build-aux/ltmain.in: Alter syntax in sed command.
Building the documentation contains this warning:
libtool.texi:1333: warning: @pxref node name should not contain `.'
Now, users will be linked to the top of the autoconf manual and need
to manually scroll to the section specified.
* doc/libtool.texi: Specify section header instead of duplicating
autoconf manual name.
When linking on NetBSD, the test fails to locate a shared version of
gcc, so a static version of the module is generated, which does not pass
the defined checks. A FIXME note has been added for future debugging.
* tests/flags.at: Skip passing CXX flags test on NetBSD.
Without the no-undefined flag, the test will fail on Mingw and
Cygwin, so the flag will be appended for windows compilation. With
the flag, the test will fail on NetBSD, so the flag is removed.
* tests/bug_62343.at: Add no-undefined flag for windows-based
compilation and remove otherwise.
The compiler fails with the -no-canonical-prefixes flag in certain
environments. Check if the flag is supported in the current environment
and skip the test if it is not supported.
* tests/bug_62343.at: Skip test if -no-canonical-prefixes is unsupported
in the current environment.
AC_CHECK_TOOL was changed to AC_CHECK_PROG however the arguments are
different and this result is a value of ":". Change this to match the
original intent.
The lack of FILECMD was causing failures for mips64 builds as -m elf was
being passed to LD which isn't supported on our targets.
* testsuite.at: $as_echo was deprecated in Autoconf commit 2b59b6f8a.
AS_ECHO uses printf which has been well supported for 15 to 20
years. Use of $as_echo was resulting in a warning message in the
testsuite logs, and replacing the deprecated macro removes the
warning messages.
* tests/libtoolize.at: When -program-prefix is used, stdout for the
program changes from the expected output. As a result, the test
fails. Replaced the transformed name to account for program-prefix.
