Re: [patch #1863] Fix to ltmain.sh for older automakes

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 17:29, address@hidden wrote:
> Patch #1863 has been updated. 
> 
> This patch allows me to (continue to) use the CVS'ed
> ltmain.sh in conjunction with the following versions of 
> the auto* toolchain:
> 
>   automake/aclocal 1.6.1
>   autoconf/autoheader 2.53
> 
> (The breakage happened a couple of days ago.)
> 
> If the patch is correct, it probably needs to be applied
> to libtool as well.
> 
> For more info, visit:
> 
> http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=1863&group_id=85

Thanks. Is this a known issue with the libtoolize generated ltmain.sh
and older automake?

I have added Dalibor to the CC since he said something similar about
older automake and sed handling on irc and he might recognize this
(patch attached).

Cheers,

Mark

P.S. I use Automake 1.7.6 and Autoconf 2.57

? external/Makefile
? external/Makefile.in
? include/Makefile
? include/Makefile.in
? lib/org
? lib/resources
Index: ltmain.sh
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/ltmain.sh,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -p -r1.5 ltmain.sh
*** ltmain.sh   24 Aug 2003 18:10:56 -0000      1.5
--- ltmain.sh   26 Aug 2003 15:22:31 -0000
***************
*** 24,29 ****
--- 24,37 ----
  # configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
  # the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
  
+ # Backwards compatibility hacks for older versions of automake, etc
+ if test "X$SED" = X ; then
+   SED=sed
+ fi
+ if test "X$max_cmd_len" = X ; then
+   max_cmd_len=-1
+ fi
+ 
  # Check that we have a working $echo.
  if test "X$1" = X--no-reexec; then
    # Discard the --no-reexec flag, and continue.
*************** fi\
*** 4969,4976 ****
        else
        eval cmds=\"$old_archive_cmds\"
  
!       if len=`expr "X$cmds" : ".*"` &&
!            test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then
          :
        else
          # the command line is too long to link in one step, link in parts
--- 4977,4984 ----
        else
        eval cmds=\"$old_archive_cmds\"
  
!       len=`expr "X$cmds" : ".*"`
!       if test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then
          :
        else
          # the command line is too long to link in one step, link in parts
*************** fi\
*** 4984,4990 ****
          # encoded into archives.  This makes 'ar r' malfunction in
          # this piecewise linking case whenever conflicting object
          # names appear in distinct ar calls; check, warn and compensate.
!           if (for obj in $save_oldobjs
            do
              $echo "X$obj" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'
            done | sort | sort -uc >/dev/null 2>&1); then
--- 4992,4998 ----
          # encoded into archives.  This makes 'ar r' malfunction in
          # this piecewise linking case whenever conflicting object
          # names appear in distinct ar calls; check, warn and compensate.
!         if (for obj in $save_oldobjs
            do
              $echo "X$obj" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'
            done | sort | sort -uc >/dev/null 2>&1); then