ICC Compilers on Linux

2003-01-04 Thread Bill Wendling
Hi all, What is the status of libtool support for the icc compiler on Linux? Right now, it causes a problem because the "wl" variable in the generated libtool file should be set to "-Wl," instead of "", which is what it currently does. I tried it with libtool 1.4.3 and autoconf 2.56 (2.57 didn't w

Re: ICC Compilers on Linux

2003-01-04 Thread Robert Boehne
Bill, There is no support for icc in 1.4.3, but there is support in CVS Libtool. Robert Bill Wendling wrote: > > Hi all, > > What is the status of libtool support for the icc compiler on Linux? > Right now, it causes a problem because the "wl" variable in the generated > libtool file should be

bash versus printf -exported_symbol on OSF

2003-01-04 Thread Kevin Ryde
For cxx on "osf4* | osf5*", libtool uses printf "-exported_symbol " as part of archive_expsym_cmds. Unfortunately bash 2.05b objects to this with printf: -e: invalid option The bash doco doesn't mention any options for printf, but I suppose it parses them in the usual way. Unl

Re: bash versus printf -exported_symbol on OSF

2003-01-04 Thread Kevin Ryde
I wrote: > > Using "printf -- -exported_symbol " seems to work with both bash and > /usr/bin/printf. Unless anyone knows better perhaps this would be a > good change. Ah, sorry, I just tried "dash", the Almquist shell on Debian, and its builtin gives "--" for "printf --". A better way to avoid a

Re: bash versus printf -exported_symbol on OSF

2003-01-04 Thread Bruce Korb
Kevin Ryde wrote: > > I wrote: > > > > Using "printf -- -exported_symbol " seems to work with both bash and > > /usr/bin/printf. Unless anyone knows better perhaps this would be a > > good change. > > Ah, sorry, I just tried "dash", the Almquist shell on Debian, and its > builtin gives "--" for

Re: bash versus printf -exported_symbol on OSF

2003-01-04 Thread Kevin Ryde
Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Any particular problem with: > > echo '-exported_symbol ' Offhand I can't give an example problem, but autoconf "Limitations of Builtins" specifically advises against trying to echo anything starting with "-". _

Problem with libtool

2003-01-04 Thread Pierre
Hi, When trying to build some apps, I got this : [...] checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes *** Warning: the command libtool uses to detect shared libraries, *** /usr/bin/file, produces output that libtool cannot recognize. *