On 07/18/2013 01:59 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
from the source tarball .. here is try number five : mimas$ sx ../src/libtool-2.4.2.tar.gz star: 1165 blocks + 0 bytes (total of 11929600 bytes = 11650.00k). mimas$ mv libtool-2.4.2 libtool-2.4.2_SunOS5.8_sparcv9.005 mimas$ cd libtool-2.4.2_SunOS5.8_sparcv9.005 mimas$ autoreconf --verbose --force --install autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I libltdl/m4 autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force --ltdl Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at /usr/local/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 345,<GEN3> line 6. autoreconf: failed to run libtoolize: No such file or directory autoreconf: libtoolize is needed because this package uses Libtool mimas$ pwd /usr/local/build/libtool-2.4.2_SunOS5.8_sparcv9.005 mimas$ that is proof enough for me .. libtool is broken.
That only proves that you cannot autoreconf libtool without libtool. It does NOT prove that you cannot "./configure; make" libtool from a tarball hence it does NOT prove any breakage.
may need to get a rev from years ago and see what happens.
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