Re: problem with gettext and libtool

[Bruno Haible]

On Saturday 21 December 2002 00:00, Warren L Dodge wrote:

> I configured gettext with this command
> 
> ../gettext-0.11.5/configure --prefix=/proj/wdt/gettext-0.11.5 
> --with-libiconv-prefix=/proj/wdt/sun5.8
> 
> In /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib I have a links pointing to the libiconv libraries
> 
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.la       -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv.la
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.so       -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv.so*
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.so.2     -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv.so.2*
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.so.2.0.3 -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv.so.2.0.3
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.so.2.1.0 -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv.so.2.1.0*
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv_plug.so  -> 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv/lib/libiconv_plug.so
> 
> Now in /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8 the libinconv is actually a link also
> 
> libiconv -> libiconv-1.8/
> libiconv-1.8/
> 
> 
> So the problem comes when libtool run. Somewhere in the configure step
> and the gmake step there is a difference in the way that the pointer
> to the libiconv libraries is handled.
> 
> Here is what the make says
> 
>  /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /proj/wdt/sun5.8/bin/ginstall -c  
> libgettextsrc.la /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/gettext-0.11.5/lib/libgettextsrc.la
> libtool: install: warning: relinking `libgettextsrc.la'
> cd /proj/wdtold/warrend/gnusrc/gettext-0.11.5/gettext-0.11.5_sun5.8/src; 
> /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=relink gcc -g -O2 -o libgettextsrc.la -rpath 
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/gettext-0.11.5/lib -release 0.11.5 ../lib/
> ibgettextlib.la ../intl/libintl.la -L/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib -liconv 
> -R/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib -L/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib -liconv -R/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib 
> -lc -no-undefined message.lo po.lo po-lex.lo po-gram-gen.lo po-h
> sh-gen.lo po-charset.lo open-po.lo dir-list.lo str-list.lo read-po.lo 
> write-po.lo msgl-ascii.lo msgl-iconv.lo msgl-equal.lo msgl-cat.lo 
> msgl-english.lo file-list.lo msgl-charset.lo po-time.lo plural.lo plura
> -table.lo format.lo format-c.lo format-python.lo format-lisp.lo 
> format-elisp.lo format-librep.lo format-java.lo format-awk.lo 
> format-pascal.lo format-ycp.lo format-tcl.lo
> libtool: link: warning: `/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.la' seems to be moved
> libtool: link: warning: `/proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.la' seems to be moved
>
> I put echos in the libtool at this error message
> 
> 
> /proj/wdt/sun5.8/lib/libiconv.la
> /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv-1.8/libiconv.la
> 
> are the two things it fails on. But via the links they really are the
> same.

When I look inside libtool's ltmain.sh I see that this "seems to be moved"
message is actually without consequences. So it doesn't fail; it just warns.

> I really want it to stick to the /proj/wdt/sun5.8 without going
> through link so I can install a newer version and just change one
> link.

Either you patch libtool's ltmain.sh by changing

    path="-L$absdir"

to

    path="-L$libdir"

or, when you install a newer version of libiconv, you replace the libiconv-1.8
directory:

    rm -rf /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv-1.8
    ln -s libiconv /proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/libiconv-1.8

These are the two easiest solutions that I can see.

Bruno