name.lib vs. -lname (was: Re: msvs support)

2006-02-14 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi Ralf! On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 11:17:04AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > | @@ -4082,6 +4127,17 @@ > | *) tmp_libs="$tmp_libs $deplib" ;; > | esac > | ;; > | + -l*) > | + if test "X$with_gcc" != Xyes; then > | + case $host_os/$linkmode in > |

Command file interface to archiver (was: Re: msvs support)

2006-02-14 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi Ralf! > | @@ -6342,44 +6454,59 @@ > |test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then > | cmds=$old_archive_cmds > | else > | - # the command line is too long to link in one step, link in parts > | - func_echo "using piecewise archive linking..." > |

old_archive_from_new_cmds and MSVC (was: Re: msvs support)

2006-02-14 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi Ralf, Thanks for the review! *big snip* > | - # The linker will automatically build a .lib file if we build a DLL. > | - _LT_TAGVAR(old_archive_from_new_cmds, $1)='true' *rather big snip* > | + # The linker will not automatically build a static lib if we build a > DLL. > | +

Re: msvs support

2006-02-13 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 10:21:46AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 09:15:11PM CET: > > I think I remember Ralf saying something about a list of tests that > > are needed in order for the patch to be commitable. Is thi

Re: FYI: fix sed syntax

2006-01-24 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:26:36PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Yep. Bob beat you to the bug report. ;-) > I've already checked in a patch that should fix this. In my defence, I mailed the patch a couple of hours before your checkin, but it got stuck on it's way, and I haven't s

Re: FYI: fix sed syntax

2006-01-24 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 05:45:44PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > See here for the rationale to this largish patch: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches/2649 > > Applied to HEAD (the corresponding branch-1-5 patch will appear in a > followup post). Gary, could you push

RE: autotools support for msvc

2005-11-18 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi Harald, Harald Dunkel wrote on Friday, November 18, 2005 11:01 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > You may search the archives of the libtool-patches mailing > list for the > > dozens of mails Peter Ekberg has written to support all of >

Re: include_expsyms clobbers user files.

2005-10-05 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:42:18AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 07:10:39PM CEST: > > > > > OK then. The patch looks good, please install after looking at the > > > following miniscule nit. Thank

Re: include_expsyms clobbers user files.

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
* On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:24:47PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:33:41PM CEST: > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 11:03:49AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:13:4

Re: 280-gary-test-old-m4-interface.diff

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:10:47PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the review! Trying to chip in... > [[snip]] > > Peter Ekberg wrote: > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 03:35:37PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > >>+AT_DATA([Makefile.in]

Re: 280-gary-test-old-m4-interface.diff

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 03:35:37PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Okay to commit? > > Make a start at a test group for checking that backwards compatibility > with configure.in calls to our old m4 interface does not regress. Ok, I'm too much of a libtool newbie to understand the details of that,

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Thursday, September 22, 2005 09:45 CEST: > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 22:37 CEST: > > Hi Peter, > > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 09:05:04PM CEST: > > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday,

Re: include_expsyms clobbers user files.

2005-09-28 Thread Peter Ekberg
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 11:03:49AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:13:46PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sunday, September 25, 2005 15:10 CEST: > > > > > > That's just because you try t

Re: include_expsyms clobbers user files.

2005-09-27 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! (Using a real MUA for a change...) * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sunday, September 25, 2005 15:10 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 12:43:46PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:06 CEST: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu,

RE: Don't export lt__error_strings

2005-09-25 Thread Peter Ekberg
ice if you could change it. > Don't bother > wasting much time on this, though, it's not worth it. *blush* Only some? I have been expecting this request, and I will switch to a "real" MUA once I get my "real" account back... I will stop changing Subject: un

RE: Don't export lt__error_strings

2005-09-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 23, 2005 15:37 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:02:18PM CEST: *snip* > > So, here's a patch: > > Major nit: it doesn't compile: > > | +const char * > | +lt__set

Don't export lt__error_strings (was: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW)

2005-09-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! * Ralf Wildenhues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 16:43 > To: Peter Ekberg > Cc: libtool-patches@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW > > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:

FYI: fix dumpbin symbol pipe

2005-09-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 23, 2005 12:14 CEST: > > Here's a patch: > > > > * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CMD_GLOBAL_SYMBOLS): Fix awk script > > to be a single line so that the cache variable isn't multiline. > > Good, please apply! (Will look rather ugly for the user,

RE: FYI: fix dumpbin symbol pipe

2005-09-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 22, 2005 16:41 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:24:16PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:23 CEST: > > > > > > This setting of lt_cv_sys_globa

RE: FYI: fix dumpbin symbol pipe

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi Ralf, * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:23 CEST: > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:25:50AM CEST: > > > > A little note to keep in mind: > > Another note (and I knew there were two issues I wanted to add, but I > could not remember the other): > > T

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 17:10 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:17:56PM CEST: *snip* > > The patch makes exporting non-const data work though, which is > > what I need... > > Surely non-constant data are more important. Bu

RE: include_expsyms clobbers user files.

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:06 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:00:32AM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 22:37 CEST: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19,

include_expsyms clobbers user files. (was: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW)

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 22:37 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 09:05:04PM CEST: *snip* > > Thinking about it further, include_expsyms is perhaps not > > buggy with skipped exports, as then the needed symbols perhaps > >

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 22:37 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 09:05:04PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 17:10 CEST > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:17:56

FYI: link-order.at problem on Cygwin

2005-09-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 22, 2005 08:36 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 03:33:23PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 16:20 CEST: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Sep 20,

FYI: Make sure compiler is assigned

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 21:03 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:30:20PM CEST: > > > > Here's another old thing sitting locally. > > Yes, and that one I remember why I held it back: _LT_TAG_C

Make sure compiler is assigned (was: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7)

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! Here's another old thing sitting locally. * Peter Ekberg wrote on Monday, August 15, 2005 22:35 CEST: > I wrote: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:38:59AM CEST: > > > m4/libtool.m4: > > > > >

FYI: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 16:52 CEST: > > > I don't know which is best... Anyway, ignoring the somewhat strange > > > output for a bit, is this ok for HEAD? > > Yes, please install. Done. > Thanks, and sorry for the delay, No worries, but nice to strike something fr

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ping, almost a month, I don't think I got a clear yes/no on this One before the discussion wandered off. Only the suggestion to detect Microsoft link seperately, but that's a much bigger change and I'd like to do that later. Cheers, Peter * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, August

RE: FYI: Libtool head: Fix for -mode=clean on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 15:16 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:50:13PM CEST: > > > > Applied the following patch and backported to 1.5: > > > + case " $library_names " in >

FYI: Libtool head: Fix for -mode=clean on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 13:44 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 11:36:33AM CEST: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:14 CEST: > > > If you use libtool -mode=clean on an uninstalled

RE: Libtool head: Fix for -mode=clean on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:14 CEST: > If you use libtool -mode=clean on an uninstalled .la lib on > Cygwin (or MinGW I assume), not all associated files are > cleaned out. The reason is as follows; an uninstalled .la > typically looks like th

Libtool head: Fix for -mode=clean on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! If you use libtool -mode=clean on an uninstalled .la lib on Cygwin (or MinGW I assume), not all associated files are cleaned out. The reason is as follows; an uninstalled .la typically looks like this on Cygwin: --- # liba.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh (GNU libtool

RE: link-order.at problem on Cygwin

2005-09-20 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 15:25 CEST: That's me. Changing list to libtool-patches. > Hi! > > The recent change to bug out when the exit code is non-zero [1] > uncovered a silent failure on Cygwin (an MinGW I suppose) in > the link-order.at test. &g

RE: Libtool head: Path translation issue on MinGW

2005-09-20 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 14:05 CEST: > Hi Peter, Bob, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 10:59:23AM CEST: > > * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 01:52 CEST *snip* > > > Note that the Cygwin GCC is a Cyg

RE: Libtool stresstest: echo marker with loop variables

2005-09-20 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi, * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 19:22 CEST: > > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 09:31:58AM CEST: > > > > I can see that you are on top of all of my "complaints" on > > stresstest.at. I will continu

Libtool head: Path translation issue on MinGW (was: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW)

2005-09-20 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 01:52 CEST > On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > But that is a MinGW bug in my book. Why would ld not like a unix > > style path? But then again, I'm not on bleeding edge MinGW here. > > MinGW is a native

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-19 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 00:09 CEST It's me again... > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 21:05 CEST > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 17:10 CEST > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:17:56

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-19 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 21:05 CEST It's me again... > Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 17:10 CEST > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:17:56PM CEST: > > *snip* > > > > Well, the test segfaults on Mi

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-19 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 17:10 CEST > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:17:56PM CEST: *snip* > > Well, the test segfaults on MinGW with the patch, and if I add > > DATA to all symbols manually in asyms the (reordered) test goes > &

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-19 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 15:19 CEST: > Hi Peter, Hi! > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 12:11:23PM CEST: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Friday, September 16, 2005 11:11 CEST: > > > > > > In short, when you specify the symbols

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-19 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Friday, September 16, 2005 11:11 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2005 15:15 CEST: It's me again... > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:55 CEST: *snip* > > It didn't go away with gcc 3.4.4 s

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 16, 2005 11:20 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:11:29AM CEST: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2005 15:15 CEST: > > > > > > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/200

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2005 15:15 CEST: It's me again... > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:55 CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 08:25 CEST: > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > Pete

FYI: Libtool head: LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK drops exit status

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 16, 2005 10:28 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:04:07AM CEST: > > > > I have realized that LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK destroys the > > exit status from the tested program so that AT_CHECK >

Libtool head: LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK drops exit status

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! I have realized that LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK destroys the exit status from the tested program so that AT_CHECK is always satisfied with it. * tests/testsuite.at (LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK): Make sure that the exit status of the tested program is propagated as the exit status of the ex

RE: Libtool stresstest: echo marker with loop variables

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:13 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:45:55AM CEST: > > > > Here's a patch that echoes a marker so that it is easier to > > tell what is failing when stresstes

RE: Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW (was: stresstest.atexport of w8$ symbol)

2005-09-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:55 CEST: That's me... > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 08:25 CEST: > > Hi Peter, > > > > Peter Ekberg writes: > > > make check TESTS="" TESTSUITE_FLAGS='-v -d 22&#x

Libtool stresstest: echo marker with loop variables

2005-09-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! Here's a patch that echoes a marker so that it is easier to tell what is failing when stresstest.at fails. * tests/stresstest.at: Echo loop variables before each test to simplify error hunting. Cheers, Peter head-stresstest-marker.patch Description: head-stresstest-marker.p

Libtool stresstest.at segfault on Cygwin/MinGW (was: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol)

2005-09-13 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 08:25 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > Peter Ekberg writes: > > make check TESTS="" TESTSUITE_FLAGS='-v -d 22'. > > > > As you can see, it goes on for quite a while before it segfaults, > > and

FYI: Libtool head: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol

2005-09-13 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 08:25 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > Peter Ekberg writes: > > > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 09, 2005 10:48 CEST: > >> * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:13:43PM CEST: > >>

RE: libtool head stresstest.at uses $host, not $host_os

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Monday, September 12, 2005 13:51 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:36:52PM CEST: > > > > In stresstest.at, there's a check if the host is windows, > > and the tests w/o -no-undefined are skipped if it is

libtool head stresstest.at uses $host, not $host_os

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! In stresstest.at, there's a check if the host is windows, and the tests w/o -no-undefined are skipped if it is. However, the test is wrong, so here's a patch. Unfortunately, $host_os is not set, so I had to insert another wildcard in the cases instead... * tests/stresstest.at [Cygwin

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 18:09 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > Back to the list of issues I encountered: it's grown smaller :) It starts to feel like a new issue is found for each we cross out. > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:00:33

RE: Libtool head: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Friday, September 09, 2005 10:48 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:13:43PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 09:42 CEST: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 09:50:01PM CEST: >

RE: fix dumpbin symbol pipe (was: state of MSVC patches for HEAD)

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:26 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 05:52:43PM CEST: > > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > awk is a possible candidate, but please try to stay within POSIX > > > > features. > >

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Ekberg
> * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 18:09 CEST: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:00:33PM CEST: > > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > By the way, can I expect another update on the "link > > -dump" issue from

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 18:09 CEST: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:00:33PM CEST: > > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > By the way, can I expect another update on the "link > -dump" issue from > > > you r

RE: Libtool head: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Ekberg
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thursday, September 08, 2005 09:42 CEST: > Hi Peter, > > Finally I've managed to do another round of testing on mingw/cygwin.. > Sorry for the delay. No problem. > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 09:50:01PM CEST: > > Ralf Wilde

RE: Libtool head: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol

2005-09-02 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 12:03:14PM CEST: > > > > I'm trying to make sence of the problem with stresstest.at on > > Windows (MinGW, Cygwin and MSVC) where the following symbols > > can't be exp

Libtool head: stresstest.at export of w8$ symbol

2005-09-02 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! I'm trying to make sence of the problem with stresstest.at on Windows (MinGW, Cygwin and MSVC) where the following symbols can't be exported during linking of dlself with -export-symbols dlselfsyms: w1$ w3$ w4$ w5$ w6$ w7$ w8$$ w9$ w10$ w11$ w12$ w13$ w14$ w15$ I have found a fix which makes

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-08-31 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:43:16PM CEST: > > > > > > CRAP! After fixing some problems with this patch (it doesn't work > > > for a number of reasons, so don't

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-08-30 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:43:16PM CEST: > > > > CRAP! After fixing some problems with this patch (it doesn't work > > for a number of reasons, so don't waste your time trying) I have > > re

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-08-30 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > I wrote: > > This seems to be because of a problem with the global_symbol_pipe. > > Consider the following snippet from the dumpbin output from > > foo.obj: > > > > 00E SECT3 notype External | _nothing > > 00F SECT4 notype Static | .text > >

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-08-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > This seems to be because of a problem with the global_symbol_pipe. > Consider the following snippet from the dumpbin output from > foo.obj: > > 00E SECT3 notype External | _nothing > 00F SECT4 notype Static | .text > Section length 2B, #re

RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

2005-08-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, others, > > I've decided to start yet another new thread about this neverending > issue. I've given your patches (and also my pending ones) > another test > round, and something seems to be going very wrong. Since > more than just > one thing changed between

RE: Libtool head tests: compiler_c_o and inherited linker flags

2005-08-26 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 12:58:23PM CEST: > > I wrote: > > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > OK to apply to HEAD? > > > > > > > > * tests/inherited_flags.at: Weak

Libtool head tests: compiler_c_o and inherited linker flags (Was. RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7)

2005-08-26 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > OK to apply to HEAD? > > > > * tests/inherited_flags.at: Weaken for MSVC. > > * tests/early-libtool.at, tests/template.at: Fix for compiler > > that do not understand `-c -o'. > > > Oh, what the hell, I've attached an updated patch...

RE: Libtool head: standalone.at test should use $(CFLAGS)

2005-08-25 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 11:05:40AM CEST: > > > > I discovered a linking problem in the testsuite with my MSVC > > patch, and have found the attached solution... > > > > 2005-08-25 Peter Ekberg &

Libtool head: standalone.at test should use $(CFLAGS)

2005-08-25 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi, I discovered a linking problem in the testsuite with my MSVC patch, and have found the attached solution... 2005-08-25 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * tests/standalone.at: (without autotools): Add $(CFLAGS) to LTCOMPILE and LTLINK. Also, another comment on thi

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-24 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Oh, what the hell, I've attached an updated patch... > I can't bootstrap after all the recent moves (should I send > a bugreport?), so it's against cvs from a couple of days ago > and not as well tested as I would like. E.g. your fix in > inherited_flags.at is untested. Tested now, work

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Albert Chin wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:53:58AM +0200, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > Any faults in the above? Comments? > > Ick. Why not just test all available "link" programs in $PATH for the > features we want and pick the winner? Well, I think cl will run the

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Something beforehand, I forgot to mention it earlier: > You called successful `configure' without options the > holy grail. Please move away from this thought. Ok. *snip* > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:28:14PM CE

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Albert Chin wrote: > > Running "link /dump" has the same effect as running "dumpbin"; so > > perhaps checking for MS Link is enough - if you have identified > > the MS linker, you can use it to list symbols (and I imagine > > libtool may need to know about the linker anyway). > > If dumpbin is an

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
ed out patch. Anyway, the problem with the new checking msg is that the output from configure is a bit strange if nm is not found, but dumpbin is: checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... no checking for dumpbin... dumpbin -symbols checking the name lister (dumpbin -symbols) interfa

RE: branch-2-0 vs CVS HEAD (was: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister)

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 02:10:14PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:36:47PM CEST: > > > > > > | +lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe="$SED

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:36:47PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > > Missing bits below, plus: We advertise `NM' in libtool.texi as BSD > > > compatible, and show how its output lo

RE: allow running libtool tests at configuretime [libtool--gary--1.0--patch-26]

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > FYI: Applied to HEAD and branch-2-0. The only thing I changed was > _LTEOF -> _EOF in tests/early-libtool.at, because "the user" is not > supposed to use _LTEOF in her configure.ac. > > The backport consisted exactly in removing all references to the new > test suite. Gr

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > No problem at all, I'm just beginning to feel that I have soon > > filled the quota for at least some people with very similar- > > looking patches, and that people are perhaps no longer reading. &

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-18 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 20:54 > To: Peter Ekberg > Cc: libtool-patches@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister > > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:20:58PM CEST: > > > > I

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool head, take 9

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! I wrote: > 2005-08-16 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * config/ltmain.m4sh (func_dashL_to_envvar): New function, > moves -L linker options to the dashL_envvar environment > variable. > * config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_compile) [MSVC]:

MSYS+MSVC for libtool head, take 9

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
VC. I have fixes for all but two failures in the old testsuite, for those who have not been following closely. 2005-08-16 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * config/ltmain.m4sh (func_dashL_to_envvar): New function, moves -L linker options to the dashL_envvar environment

Libtool: Microsoft lib as archiver

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi! Here's a new attempt at support for Microsoft lib (or link) as archiver. 2005-08-15 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Makefile.am: Export user selection of archiver to the testsuite. * config/ltmain.m4sh (func_extract_an_archive): Handle case

Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Hi, I have forked out this patch (against HEAD) from my MSVC work. 2005-08-15 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * m4/libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): If nm is not found on the path, look for dumpbin. Then check if $NM responds as dumpbin would and if not, assume the name

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:38:59AM CEST: > > m4/libtool.m4: > > > > | @@ -2840,7 +2946,8 @@ > > | m4_require([_LT_DECL_EGREP])dnl > > | > > | # Check for command to grab the raw

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:38:59AM CEST: > > > > Anyway, here's testsuite.log and I configured with: > > ../configure CC=cl CFLAGS=-MD CXX=cl CXXFLAGS=-MD STRIP=: RANLIB=: > > F77=no FC=no NM="dumpbin -symbols&qu

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-15 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:38:59AM CEST: > > > > I ported the patch over to HEAD (took some work, but not too > > difficult, the worst incompatibility was that the > > $file_list_spec feature have been added for AIX which I

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-11 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Can we get in the position that both might be used ("lib" in older, > already installed libs, "ar" for a newer package the user is about > to link)? I believe not, but need to check so. I did a test run with CC=cl AR=ar (didn't keep the output, sorry), and Microsoft link

RE: change ac_ext (was: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7)

2005-08-10 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Noah, Peter, > > * Noah Misch wrote on Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 02:51:48AM CEST: > > On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 09:37:47AM CEST: > > > *snip* >

RE: libtool 2-0-lib-as-archiver.patch

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > [Changing thread] > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > I'm still very unsure about the "lib as archiver" patch, > esp as to the > > naming of the new variables. Maybe > > $AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAG$libname $objects > > is better, with $AR_OFLAG empty on *nix, and $AR_FLAGS > empty for "lib"

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > In the patch, the archive built to get the symbols is not used > > for anything but getting the symbols. But two features in lib > > are used that are not supported by ar. Namely that lib can take > > a command file with inputs (@cmdfile notation) so that the > > command

RE: libtool 2-0-lib-as-archiver.patch

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
[Changing thread] Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I'm still very unsure about the "lib as archiver" patch, esp as to the > naming of the new variables. Maybe > $AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAG$libname $objects > is better, with $AR_OFLAG empty on *nix, and $AR_FLAGS empty for "lib"? > Maybe such a style is eas

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:18:03AM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Thanks a lot for the overview. > > > > No problem. > > > > > I have a couple of comments for stuff you have not split out yet, &

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 7

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Thanks a lot for the overview. No problem. > I have a couple of comments for stuff you have not split out yet, > see below (and a couple of issues I have not looked at yet; but I > did not want to wait even longer with this mail). Regarding splitting things out, How smal

RE: libtool 2-0-skipped_export.patch

2005-08-02 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > IMHO the entry you did was ok like it is, but taste is a matter of, > ahem, taste. At least I am not aware of any GNU-official statement > to this extent. Ok. > > > Thanks, BTW, for the number of fine patches! :) > > > > Well, I should thank you for taking them and in a

RE: libtool 2-0-skipped_export.patch

2005-08-01 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Peter O'Gorman wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:56:46PM CEST: > > Peter Ekberg wrote: > > | > > | * config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link) : Make sure > > | skipped_export is set to colon if _some_ cmd of > > | export_symbols

RE: [patch #4237] Fix libltdl use of AC_LIST_HEADERS for latest autoconf 2.59c

2005-08-01 Thread Peter Ekberg
(Peter, I sent a similar mail unintentionally offlist, please ignore) Peter O'Gorman wrote: > Richard Moseley wrote: > | This patch will handle both the old usage of > AC_LIST_HEADERS and the new > | _AC_LIST_TAGS choosing the appropriate one defined. Otherwise the > | configuration will fail wit

RE: libtool 2-0-disable-fortran.patch

2005-07-29 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Peter O'Gorman wrote: > > "F77=no" works on libtool-1.5, would that be okay here too? > > Any particullar reason you just didn't change the ":" > in my patch to "no"? > > Your patch is incomplete in that it doesn't update the > comment at the end of the changed if statement. > > Can y

RE: libtool 2-0-disable-fortran.patch

2005-07-28 Thread Peter Ekberg
Peter O'Gorman wrote: > Peter Ekberg wrote: > | Albert Chin wrote: > | > |>Ick. Why not just F77=? > | > | > | Because that doesn't disable the fortran tests in the testsuite? > > "F77=no" works on libtool-1.5, would that be okay here too? Any pa

RE: libtool 2-0-SetErrorMode-before-LoadLibrary.patch

2005-07-26 Thread Peter Ekberg
I wrote: > Peter O'Gorman wrote: > > Peter Ekberg wrote: > > | Hi! > > | > > | 2005-07-21 Peter Ekberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | > > | * libltdl/loaders/loadlibrary.c (vm_open): Set the error mode so > > | that no dialog is popped up in

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