Re: libtoolize bugs in HEAD

[Robert Ögren]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> > How odd!  Maybe you are using a newer GNU make?  Or there is something
> > in your environment?  Either way, we need to find a way to filter out
> > the make output. :-(
>
>
> Here's the fun:
> - output appears on stdout, not stderr  :)))
> - it obviously works with --no-print-directory (for GNU make only)
> - I have absolutely no idea how to do it portably.
>
> | .SILENT: libtoolize
> does not work;
>
> |  ltdldatafiles=`cd libltdl; make -s show-ltdldatafiles`
> does not work
>
> | ltdldatafiles=`cd libltdl; make --no-print-directory show-ltdldatafiles`;
> works but sucks for obvious reasons.
>
> Putting in `make' literally already sucks for portability.
        
I got the same problem on Cygwin (GNU Make 3.80). The following simple 
change works for me, but I don't know how portable it is:

Index: Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.141
diff -u -r1.141 Makefile.am
--- Makefile.am 24 Mar 2005 11:38:25 -0000      1.141
+++ Makefile.am 31 Mar 2005 18:16:21 -0000
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
        rm -f libtoolize.tmp libtoolize
        $(timestamp); \
        input="libtoolize.m4sh"; \
-       ltdldatafiles=`cd libltdl; make show-ltdldatafiles`; \
+       ltdldatafiles=`cd libltdl; MAKELEVEL= make show-ltdldatafiles`; \
        $(edit) -e "s,@TIMESTAMP\@,$$TIMESTAMP,g" \
                -e 's,@pkgvmacro_DATA\@,$(pkgvmacro_DATA),g' \
                -e "s,@pkgvltdl_files\@,`echo $$ltdldatafiles`,g" \


HTH

Robert