* Paolo Bonzini wrote on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:28:33PM CEST: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:53, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Whatever we do, NEWS needs a big warning note. > > Why? It's just namespace pollution, which has always been there.
* Libtool configure macros do not use nor set the variables $RM, $MV, $ECHO any more. These variables are also in use by some other packages for conflicting purposes, the values required by Libtool are in general only suitable for the generated `libtool' script but not for use inside configure or Makefile files. Libtool macros now use the variables lt_RM, lt_MV, and lt_ECHO instead. If you use LT_OUTPUT inside configure and write tests that exercise one of the variables specifying libtool semantics such as $archive_cmds, you might need to temporarily set $ECHO and $RM from $lt_ECHO and $lt_RM. I haven't looked in detail yet, but the above seems the most sane solution to me, and yes, I think that anything that otherwise allows users to cry "regression" warrants a big warning sign. If somebody would like to take a stab at a patch (or only parts of it), be my guest. The patch would benefit from testing on all of GNU/Linux, Solaris with a losing $CONFIG_SHELL forced, and one ksh or ash on a different system (I can do the testing if needed). Thanks, Ralf
