Libtool needs -input-file option

2001-02-20 Thread Robert Boehne
Hello! I'm busy building a solid modeling library with Libtool and fixing it up along the way. I have found one last barrier, when the command that libtool is invoked with is too large to be read, libtool can't be executed. In this case you are currently out of luck. You'd have to start concat

Re: $ in source file names

2001-02-20 Thread Bruce Korb
Tom Tromey wrote: > Alexandre> [...] in fact, until libtool supports correctly > Alexandre> file names containing `$' and line-feeds, I won't be > Alexandre> convinced we do the right thing regarding single-evaluation > Alexandre> of arguments. > > And as Alexandre knows, we've already run into p

Re: $ in source file names

2001-02-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Feb 20, 2001, Robert Boehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In that case we should have a test case for it. Yep. We already have quote.test; it's probably be best place in which to add `$' and ` '. However, you may prefer to add them as a separate, XFAILed test. -- Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Gu

Re: $ in source file names

2001-02-20 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If Automake doesn't support $ in source file names, then I would >> suggest that it isn't an important requirement for Libtool. Alexandre> I disagree. libtool can be used independently from Alexandre> automake. And, in fact, u

Re: $ in source file names

2001-02-20 Thread Robert Boehne
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2001, Robert Boehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I attempted to build a test case which uses a file with a $ in > > the name. > > > Is this not supported by Automake, or is it a bug? > > The former, I think. > > > If Automake doesn't support $ in sou

Re: revised patch for glib compilation on cygwin with POSIX runtime

2001-02-20 Thread Tor Lillqvist
Gary V. Vaughan writes: > If libtool doesn't already find non-libtool libraries on mingw, then that is > a bug. libtool works with non-libtool libraries on the other architectures > to which it has been ported. Patches gratefully accepted (I think this > should be quite straight forward).

Re: $ in source file names

2001-02-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Feb 19, 2001, Robert Boehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I attempted to build a test case which uses a file with a $ in > the name. > Is this not supported by Automake, or is it a bug? The former, I think. > If Automake doesn't support $ in source file names, then > I would suggest that it