FYI patch: was [Re: libtool 1.4.2: pass_all for mips-linux, mipsel-linux]

[Robert Boehne]

FYI:

Add mips-linux support on the 1.4 branch.

2002-01-14  Robert Boehne  <address@hidden>

        * libtool.m4 (AC_DEPLIBS_CHECK_METHOD): Add mips/mipsel to list of
        architectures for linux.



"Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  I think I've already submitted an equivalent patch for 1.4, but I got no
> response, so here is a resend...
> 
>  Mips-linux and mipsel-linux are not different from other ports using
> glibc and ELF, so there is no need to check if a library is shared.  And
> unnecessary problems arise due to differences in `file' revisions:
> 
> $ file /lib/libc-2.2.4.so
> /lib/libc-2.2.4.so: ELF 32-bit LSB mips-1 shared object, MIPS R3000_LE
> [bfd bug], version 1 (SYSV), stripped
> $ file -v
> file-3.37
> magic file from /usr/share/magic
> 
> The above string doesn't match the 'ELF [[0-9]][[0-9]]*-bit [[LM]]SB
> (shared object|dynamic lib )' pattern used for broken *-linux platforms.
> 
>  Please apply the following patch.
> 
> 2002-01-11  Maciej W. Rozycki  <address@hidden>
> 
>         * libtool.m4 (lt_cv_deplibs_check_method): pass_all for
>         mips-linux, mipsel-linux.
> 
>   Maciej
> 
> --
> +  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> +        e-mail: address@hidden, PGP key available        +
> 
> libtool-1.4.1-mips-deplibs.patch
> diff -up --recursive --new-file libtool-1.4.1.macro/libtool.m4 
> libtool-1.4.1/libtool.m4
> --- libtool-1.4.1.macro/libtool.m4      Sun Sep  2 23:32:02 2001
> +++ libtool-1.4.1/libtool.m4    Sat Sep  8 23:30:44 2001
> @@ -3323,7 +3323,7 @@ irix5* | irix6*)
>  # This must be Linux ELF.
>  linux-gnu*)
>    case $host_cpu in
> -  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* )
> +  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | mips | mipsel | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* )
>      lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ;;
>    *)
>      # glibc up to 2.1.1 does not perform some relocations on ARM
> 
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Index: libtool.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/libtool.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.166.2.32
diff -u -r1.166.2.32 libtool.m4
--- libtool.m4  15 Nov 2001 01:22:58 -0000      1.166.2.32
+++ libtool.m4  14 Jan 2002 14:18:47 -0000
@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@
 # This must be Linux ELF.
 linux-gnu*)
   case $host_cpu in
-  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* )
+  alpha* | hppa* | i*86 | mips | mipsel | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64*)
     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ;;
   *)
     # glibc up to 2.1.1 does not perform some relocations on ARM