Re: Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-31 Thread Miles Bader
Paul Smith writes: > Other macros might have been created specifically for a given project; > they will be contained in files in that project directory. Other > macros might be defined by other 3rdparty software you are trying to > work with (texinfo, various libraries, etc.) Those will be defin

Re: Micro releases and testsuite work

2013-05-31 Thread Miles Bader
Peter Rosin writes: > noone has bothered to check, a user on that platform is going to be > less than impressed and would probably not trust the new micro version > and would thus be inconvenienced indeed. I think 99.99% of users who download and build packages don't run the test-suite... :] ["B

Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Dan Kegel
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Kip Warner wrote: > The ones for certain I know I should be able to statically link against are > at least libzzip and libpng. You have > PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libzzip], [zziplib], [have_zzip=yes], [have_zzip=no]) Have you seen https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.

Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Robert Boehne wrote: > -Wl,-static -lzzip -Wl,call_shared > > I don't have a computer in front of me, so YMMV, you should man ld to make > sure those flags are correct. > What you're thinking of is -Wl,-Bstatic and -Wl,-Bdynamic — for the GNU linker at least, but

Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Robert Boehne
Statically linking libc is a recipe for disaster, so either read and understand why, or just take my word for it. I don't quite understand why you think you need the rest linked statically, BUT the easiest way to do that would be to add LT_INIT to configure.ac to use Libtool, and add --static-

Automake test release 1.13b (will become 1.14)

2013-05-31 Thread Stefano Lattarini
We are pleased to announce the GNU Automake 1.13b test release. This release comes with two important changes: 1. It introduces a new feature aimed at making the implementation of non-recursive built-in systems more convenient and manageable (thanks to the new support for the '%reldir