Re: [PATCH] cygwin sharedlib build fixes, terminfo

[Charles Wilson]

Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> Autoconf subst values
> $LTCCOMPILEMODE="--mode=compile"
> $LTCLINKMODE="--mode=link" or ""
> $LTCINSTALLMODE="--mode=install"
> $LTCUNINSTALLMODE="--mode=uninstall"

My patch does this ^^ (different variable names, but same idea).

> $LTCCCTAG="--tag=CC"
> $LTCCXXTAG="--tag=CXX"
> $LTCEXTRACPPFLAGS="any os/plat-specific c/cxx preprocessor flags"
> $LTCEXTRALDFLAGS"any os/plat-specific linking flags"
>
> Again, all of these would be subst into the templates and then passed to 
> the Makefile lines as $(VAR). 
>  If nothing is assigned to any of the 
> VARS, then nothing gets passed to the compile/link/install line.  Of 
> course, it would be easier if we could use am_conditional, but I know 
> how you hate automake, so I won't push my luck here ;-P.
>
> This should be fairly fool-proof, at least for libtools built since the 
> turn of the century (can't say it will work with versions less then 1.4).

Yes, it should work, but it's icky.

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Chuck