Hello, On Tue, 4 Aug 2026 at 10:13, Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Pavel, > > Den mån 3 aug. 2026 kl 18:11 skrev Pavel Lyalyakin <[email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> The minimum libtool version is 2.0[1][2], not 1.4. >> >> The Solaris-related note about libtool 1.4.3 the patch removes was added >> in 2003[3] and hasn't been touched since. I don't see any relevant code in >> current autogen.sh and buildcheck.sh, so I think this note can be safely >> removed as well (the minimum version is 2.0, so this 1.4.3 note is >> redundant anyway). >> > > Great find, thanks! I was chasing the Solaris 1.4.3 note myself the other > day but didn't find the referenced code - now I know where it went. > > The patch looks good to me but when I tried to verify that we actually > check for libtool 2, I looked at the check in build/buildcheck.sh and it > seems fishy: > [[[ > lt_status="good" > if test "$1" = "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MAJOR"; then > if test "$2" -gt "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MINOR"; then > lt_status="good" > elif test "$2" -lt "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MINOR"; then > lt_status="bad" > elif test ! -z "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH"; then > if test "$3" -lt "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH"; then > lt_status="bad" > fi > fi > fi > if test $lt_status != "good"; then > echo "buildcheck: libtool version $lt_pversion found." > echo " You need libtool version $LIBTOOL_WANTED_VERSION or > newer installed" > exit 1 > fi > > echo "buildcheck: libtool version $lt_pversion (ok)" > ]]] > Note how it default to good and only actually set the status to bad if the > major version is equal to the requested (2). Now, if I simulate version > 1.2.3 (by setting lt_pversion a little earlier in the script), it actually > run ok: > [[[ > buildcheck: libtool version 1.2.3 (ok) > ]]] > Thanks for the review! You are absolutely right. Indeed, the current check doesn't work properly, and I think it doesn't reject any libtool version at all. I've tested this with libtool 1.5.26 installed and that version is accepted: [[[ $ libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.26 (1.1220.2.492 2008/01/30 06:40:56) $ ./build/buildcheck.sh buildcheck: checking installation... buildcheck: autoconf version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: autoheader version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: libtool version 1.5.26 (ok) ]]] > I believe the following test would be better (inspired by the test for > autoconf a little earlier in the same file): > [[[ > if test "$1" = "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MAJOR" -a "$2" = "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MINOR" > -a "$3" -lt "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH" || test "$1" = "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MAJOR" > -\ > a "$2" -lt "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MINOR" || test "$1" -lt > "$LIBTOOL_WANTED_MAJOR"; then > echo "buildcheck: libtool version $lt_pversion found." > echo " You need libtool version $LIBTOOL_WANTED_VERSION or > newer installed" > exit 1 > fi > ]]] > > Can you check if this works for you as well? > This code produces an error "100: test: Illegal number": [[[ $ ./build/buildcheck.sh buildcheck: checking installation... buildcheck: autoconf version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: autoheader version 2.72 (ok) *./build/buildcheck.sh: 100: test: Illegal number:* buildcheck: libtool version 1.5.26 found. You need libtool version 2.0 or newer installed ]]] If I change "LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH=" to "LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH=0", then the error goes away and the output is: [[[ $ ./build/buildcheck.sh buildcheck: checking installation... buildcheck: autoconf version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: autoheader version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: libtool version 1.5.26 found. You need libtool version 2.0 or newer installed ]]] And this works for 2.5.4 as well: [[[ $ build/buildcheck.sh buildcheck: checking installation... buildcheck: autoconf version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: autoheader version 2.72 (ok) buildcheck: libtool version 2.5.4 (ok) ]]] > If you want to commit the changes to INSTALL yourself, here is my +1! > Committed in r1936876. Thanks again! > Thanks, > Daniel > > >> >> Thank you. >> >> [1]: >> https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/build/buildcheck.sh?revision=1845716&view=markup#l81 >> [2]: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/?revision=1845716&view=revision >> [3]: >> https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/INSTALL?annotate=1936306#l334 >> > [4]: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/?revision=1142604&view=revision > > >> >> Log message: >> >> * INSTALL >> (I.B: Dependency Overview): update min libtool version to 2.0 >> (I.C.6): update min libtool version to 2.0 >> (I.C.6): remove outdated note about libtool 1.4.3 and Solaris. >> >> Patch by: Pavel Lyalyakin <[email protected]> >> >> -- >> With best regards, >> Pavel Lyalyakin >> >> -- With best regards, Pavel Lyalyakin VisualSVN Team

