[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1054812] [NEW] Configure uses wrong libtool on Darwin

[C.W. Betts]

Public bug reported:

On Darwin/OS X, there are two versions of libtool: the GNU libtool, and
Apple's libtool. Both are installed, but Apple's libtool (libtool) won't
build libcacard that Qemu uses, but Gnu's libtool (glibtool) does. I get
around using Apple's libtool by passing LIBTOOL=glibtool when
configuring; unfortunately this variable isn't preserved so when Qemu's
configure changes it's not passed. A simple switch in the configure
script could check for Darwin, then if present, use glibtool. Or
configure could check the features of libtool, see if they can build
libcacard, then look for alternatives like glibtool.

This bug was probably introduced when libcacard was added to Qemu, and
is present in commit 93b6599734f81328ee3d608f57667742cafeea72.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Configure uses wrong libtool on Darwin

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  On Darwin/OS X, there are two versions of libtool: the GNU libtool,
  and Apple's libtool. Both are installed, but Apple's libtool (libtool)
  won't build libcacard that Qemu uses, but Gnu's libtool (glibtool)
  does. I get around using Apple's libtool by passing LIBTOOL=glibtool
  when configuring; unfortunately this variable isn't preserved so when
  Qemu's configure changes it's not passed. A simple switch in the
  configure script could check for Darwin, then if present, use
  glibtool. Or configure could check the features of libtool, see if
  they can build libcacard, then look for alternatives like glibtool.

  This bug was probably introduced when libcacard was added to Qemu, and
  is present in commit 93b6599734f81328ee3d608f57667742cafeea72.

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