Re: ncurses 5.3-20030719

[Chris Zubrzycki]

On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 05:56  PM, Thomas E. Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Chris Zubrzycki wrote:
> > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Chris Zubrzycki wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Thomas, I was wondering if ncurses stopped building the c++ lib
> > > > and
> > > > the .la files by default...using the 5.3-20030719 patch (or the few
> > > > previous ones), it no longer builds these things, even though I am
> > > > using gcc and/or g++. This is on Mac OS X 10.2, with libtool 
> > > > enabled.
> > >
> > > ".la" files are built with the --with-libtool option (offhand I don't
> > > know why it would stop building them, unless that's because you have
> > > changed versions of libtool, or something obscure that I broke).

> "--with-libtool" overrides (cancels the effect of) the other 3 models
> ("--with-shared", "--with-normal" and "--with-debug").  Checking with
> your options, it seems that the parameter for --with-libtool is 
> confusing
> my script (it's not looking for a value, so "--with-libtool" gives a
> value of "yes").  I can modify that.  For a workaround, if you set
> $LIBTOOL to /usr/bin/glibtool, and use the "--with-libtool" option
> (and discard "--with-shared"), it should work.

Ok, well, I tested this. It does not work correctly. It seems to grab 
the directory that libtool is in, but on os x the gnu libtool is called 
glibtool. When I use --with-libtool=/usr/bin/glibtool it seems to 
correctly grab the libtool name and location, but no .la files are 
created. Very odd indeed...

And you stopped making the c++ dynamic lib? What if some apps depend on 
it? Is there an option to re-enable it?

Thanks again,

-chris zubrzycki
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