Bruce Korb wrote: > > The fun part is done now, > so I won't tinker with it any more unless we at least proceed > with a discussion. With this patch, ftp://autogen.linuxave.net/pub/ltmain.tgz > this program now: > > 1. Processes all the ``libtool'' command line arguments, > though not the ones that come after the command names > (``gcc'', etc.) > > 2. Reads in the libtool script, extracting the config information, > both for the --config command line option, and for insertion > into the output script. > > 3. The first line of the libtool file is used to determine which > shell should be invoked for processing the commands, via popen. > Yes, I know that other methods will also have to be used. > > 4. The option state is emitted into the output script after > the config information has been extracted into it. > > 5. the script appropriate for the determined mode is emitted. > > 6. Changing the first line of ``libtool'' to contain: > > #! /bin/cat > > makes this easy to debug :-) > > 7. I make the simplifying assumption that libtool has either > properly determined the correct SHELL/echo combination, > or it will fail on the first try. I omit the re-execution > logic and insert this into the output script instead: > > if test "X`($echo '\t') 2>/dev/null`" = 'X\t' > then : > else echo='%s --echo --' ; fi > > where ``%s'' will be replaced with the ltmain program path. > ltmain has a --echo mode option. > > I think that is basically it for a first-round hack. > > Cheers, > Bruce _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
