Re: installing automake 1.9.5 and now libtool isn't working properly.

[Dale Walsh]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 07:47 , Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> Dale Walsh wrote:
>
> > > I think that the problem is that aclocal is picking up a  
> > > different  version of libtool.m4 than it should. It looks like  
> > > you have a  modern ltmain.sh and an old libtool.m4, thus meaning  
> > > SED (and a  whole bunch of other things) is undefined.
> > OK, but if I'm installing both autoconf/automake, shouldn't it   
> > install new ltmain.sh and libtool.m4 files???
>
> ltmain.sh and libtool.m4 are installed when you build and install  
> gnu libtool.
>
> > If it's installing one and not the other, how can I remedy this?
> > If I need to edit a file, which file?
> > > Please install the latest gnu libtool (1.5.22) in the same  
> > > prefix  that you installed automake (use --program-prefix=g  
> > > during  configure of libtool to get glibtool/glibtoolize) and try  
> > > again. I  usually ensure that my automake/autoconf and libtool  
> > > are all  installed in the same prefix - /usr/local, or whereever  
> > > you like,  it causes no end of grief otherwise.
> > "--program-prefix=g" is not required to install libtool, it does  
> > this  automatically when it detects Mac OSX.
>
> Sorry, no. I guess I dropped the ball on that patch, libtool does  
> not automatically do --program-prefix=g.

I'm sorry too, I was the person who worked this out with you and  
Ralph back in March 2005 for v1.5.15a (see below).

> > > Whatever are the problems with Apple's perl that you're talking  
> > > about?
> > >
> > > You aren't building things with --prefix=/usr, are you? I don't   
> > > understand why you'd need to reinstall your OS to recover from  
> > > this  situation.
> > It is my intention to install in /usr
> > Trying to reinstall the developer tools fails.
>
> I can only advise you strongly to not install in /usr.

I can understand the logic and reasoning behind this however, since I  
generate my own OS software updates I don't have to worry about Apple  
destroying anything however I need to keep as much Apple  
functionality alive as I can for software compatibility.

> Peter


Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.109.2.26
diff -u -r1.109.2.26 NEWS
--- NEWS 12 Feb 2005 13:54:43 -0000 1.109.2.26
+++ NEWS 4 Mar 2005 14:30:27 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool

New in 1.5.15a: 2005-??-??; CVS version 1.5.15a, Libtool team:
+* Install libtool as glibtool on darwin unless a different  
transformation
+  was specified.
* Bug Fixes.
New in 1.5.14: 2005-02-12; CVS version 1.5.13a, Libtool team:
Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/configure.ac,v
retrieving revision 1.14.2.20
diff -u -r1.14.2.20 configure.ac
--- configure.ac 12 Feb 2005 13:54:43 -0000 1.14.2.20
+++ configure.ac 4 Mar 2005 14:30:27 -0000
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL


+## ----------------------------------------------- ##
+## Change libtool -> glibtool at install on darwin ##
+## if no other transformations were specifeid      ##
+## ----------------------------------------------- ##
+case ${program_prefix}${program_suffix}${program_transform_name}$ 
{host_os} in
+     NONENONEs,x,x,darwin*)
+                           program_transform_name=[s,libtool\$\$,glibtool,]
+                           ;;
+esac

## -------- ##
## Outputs. ##