Re: v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-10 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Brian Dessent on 3/9/2008 10:45 PM: | But you get the general idea of the method. Some | packages generalize this with a "make uninstall" rule. And GNU Coding Standards, coupled with Automake, provides 'make uninstall' for all GNU packa

Re: v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-09 Thread Brian Dessent
snowcrash+libtool wrote: > i'm guessing the nomially required rm-ing is somewhere inbetween the > two actions; likely at least (just?) the aforementioned > 'ltoptions.m4'? If you keep your build dirs around you can do a much better job of surgically removing a package: make install DESTDIR=/tmp/

Re: v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-09 Thread snowcrash+libtool
looks like you were correct about a straggler from other installs ... whereas my 'usual' cd /usr/local rm -rf include/ltdl.h lib/libltdl* share/libtool share/aclocal-1.10/ltdl.m4 lib/libdl* (rebuild libtool from src) was not sufficiently 'cleansing', a cd /usr/local rm -rf include/ltdl.h l

Re: v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-09 Thread snowcrash+libtool
> Since _LT_DECL does not appear in the stable branch, except for in a > ChangeLog entry, I believe that aclocal is getting confused and bringing > in bits of libtool-2.2 as well as bits of libtool-1.5. ltoptions.m4 from > libtool-2.2 has this line. that would imply that i did not clean-house

Re: v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-09 Thread Peter O'Gorman
snowcrash+libtool wrote: > after upgrading from libtool 1.5.25a to 1.5.27a on osx, i'm seeing the > same libtool-related error in multiple packages. > > e.g., building both NEON & SWIG, after a recommended (by them, not me) > > glibtoolize > ./autogen.sh > > using 1.5.25a, then > > ./config

v1.5.27a 'syntax error' in numerous packages

2008-03-09 Thread snowcrash+libtool
after upgrading from libtool 1.5.25a to 1.5.27a on osx, i'm seeing the same libtool-related error in multiple packages. e.g., building both NEON & SWIG, after a recommended (by them, not me) glibtoolize ./autogen.sh using 1.5.25a, then ./configure ... make install completes without error.