RE: [FYI] update NEWS on 1.5.1 in one go, because I'm lazy

[Boehne, Robert]

Bob,

I would agree that it should go in, I've had to work around this myself.

Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Friesenhahn [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:10 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [FYI] update NEWS on 1.5.1 in one go, because I'm lazy


I find this patch/feature very useful.  However, since it adds a new
feature and this is a bug-fix branch, I would like to hear agreement
from other libtool maintainers before applying this patch.

Bob

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Albert Chin wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:22:18PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 22:31, Albert Chin wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:48:40PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 08:30, Gary V.Vaughan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Please commit to HEAD as well: It's nice to have all the NEWS in one
> > > > > file when you are browsing a HEAD release.  And it helps us check that
> > > > > all sensible branch bug-fixes are ported to HEAD before we roll a new
> > > > > point-oh.
> > > > >
> > > > Will wait to see whether Peter wants anything else backported into
> > > > branch-1-5 before releasing.  Then I'll copy the NEWS block into HEAD
> > > > and adjust the "1.6" one accordingly.
> > >
> > > How about AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS in branch-1-5?
> >
> > This is pretty reliant on nearly all of Gary's tidying where tags and
> > tag variables are concerned, porting this to 1.5.x would basically mean
> > just copying HEAD onto branch-1-5 which I don't think we should do.
>
> No. We submitted the initial patch against 1.5. I've synced with the
> latest 1.5 branch and am repositing it. We've used it extensively here
> and have not run into any problems. So, I'm for including it. I'll
> backport the documentation from 1.6 if the powers that be agree it
> should go in.
>
> --
> albert chin (address@hidden)
>
> -- snip snip
> Index: libtool.m4
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/Attic/libtool.m4,v
> retrieving revision 1.314.2.25
> diff -u -3 -p -r1.314.2.25 libtool.m4
> --- libtool.m4        23 Jan 2004 06:06:50 -0000      1.314.2.25
> +++ libtool.m4        24 Jan 2004 07:31:26 -0000
> @@ -39,35 +39,7 @@ m4_ifdef([AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE],
>  # ---------------
>  AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL],
>  [AC_REQUIRE([_AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])dnl
> -dnl If AC_PROG_CXX has already been expanded, run AC_LIBTOOL_CXX
> -dnl immediately, otherwise, hook it in at the end of AC_PROG_CXX.
> -  AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_CXX],
> -    [AC_LIBTOOL_CXX],
> -    [define([AC_PROG_CXX], defn([AC_PROG_CXX])[AC_LIBTOOL_CXX
> -  ])])
> -dnl And a similar setup for Fortran 77 support
> -  AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_F77],
> -    [AC_LIBTOOL_F77],
> -    [define([AC_PROG_F77], defn([AC_PROG_F77])[AC_LIBTOOL_F77
> -])])
> -
> -dnl Quote A][M_PROG_GCJ so that aclocal doesn't bring it in needlessly.
> -dnl If either AC_PROG_GCJ or A][M_PROG_GCJ have already been expanded, run
> -dnl AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ immediately, otherwise, hook it in at the end of both.
> -  AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_GCJ],
> -    [AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ],
> -    [AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([A][M_PROG_GCJ],
> -      [AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ],
> -      [AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([LT_AC_PROG_GCJ],
> -     [AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ],
> -      [ifdef([AC_PROG_GCJ],
> -          [define([AC_PROG_GCJ], defn([AC_PROG_GCJ])[AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ])])
> -       ifdef([A][M_PROG_GCJ],
> -          [define([A][M_PROG_GCJ], defn([A][M_PROG_GCJ])[AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ])])
> -       ifdef([LT_AC_PROG_GCJ],
> -          [define([LT_AC_PROG_GCJ],
> -             defn([LT_AC_PROG_GCJ])[AC_LIBTOOL_GCJ])])])])
> -])])# AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> +]) # AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
>
>
>  # _AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> @@ -226,9 +199,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([pic],
>  test -z "$pic_mode" && pic_mode=default
>
>  # Use C for the default configuration in the libtool script
> -tagname=
>  AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_C_CONFIG
> -_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG
> +_LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG
>  ])# AC_LIBTOOL_SETUP
>
>
> @@ -1625,15 +1604,29 @@ test "$dynamic_linker" = no && can_build
>  ])# AC_LIBTOOL_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER
>
>
> -# _LT_AC_TAGCONFIG
> +# AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS
> +# ---------------
> +# tags to enable
> +AC_DEFUN([AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS],
> +[m4_define([_LT_TAGS],[$1])
> +]) # AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS
> +
> +# _LT_AC_TAG_CHECK
>  # ----------------
> -AC_DEFUN([_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG],
> -[AC_ARG_WITH([tags],
> -    [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-tags@<:@=TAGS@:>@],
> -        [include additional configurations @<:@automatic@:>@])],
> -    [tagnames="$withval"])
> +AC_DEFUN([_LT_AC_TAG_CHECK],
> +[m4_ifdef([_LT_TAG_]$1,
> +  [m4_errprintn(m4_location[: error: duplicate tag: ]"$1")
> +  m4_exit(1)],
> +  [m4_define([_LT_TAG_]$1, [])])
> +]) # _LT_AC_TAG_CHECK
> +
> +# _LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG
> +# -----------------
> +AC_DEFUN([_LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG],
> +[AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS],,
> +  [AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS([CXX F77 GCJ RC])])
>
> -if test -f "$ltmain" && test -n "$tagnames"; then
> +if test -f "$ltmain"; then
>    if test ! -f "${ofile}"; then
>      AC_MSG_WARN([output file `$ofile' does not exist])
>    fi
> @@ -1651,66 +1644,33 @@ if test -f "$ltmain" && test -n "$tagnam
>    # Note that this assumes the entire list is on one line.
>    available_tags=`grep "^available_tags=" "${ofile}" | $SED -e 
> 's/available_tags=\(.*$\)/\1/' -e 's/\"//g'`
>
> -  lt_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}$PATH_SEPARATOR,"
> -  for tagname in $tagnames; do
> -    IFS="$lt_save_ifs"
> -    # Check whether tagname contains only valid characters
> -    case `$echo "X$tagname" | $Xsed -e 
> 's:[[-_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890,/]]::g'`
>  in
> -    "") ;;
> -    *)  AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid tag name: $tagname])
> -     ;;
> -    esac
> -
> -    if grep "^# ### BEGIN LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: $tagname$" < "${ofile}" > 
> /dev/null
> -    then
> -      AC_MSG_ERROR([tag name \"$tagname\" already exists])
> -    fi
> -
> -    # Update the list of available tags.
> -    if test -n "$tagname"; then
> -      echo appending configuration tag \"$tagname\" to $ofile
> -
> -      case $tagname in
> -      CXX)
> -     if test -n "$CXX" && test "X$CXX" != "Xno"; then
> -       AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG
> -     else
> -       tagname=""
> -     fi
> -     ;;
> -
> -      F77)
> -     if test -n "$F77" && test "X$F77" != "Xno"; then
> -       AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG
> -     else
> -       tagname=""
> -     fi
> -     ;;
> -
> -      GCJ)
> -     if test -n "$GCJ" && test "X$GCJ" != "Xno"; then
> -       AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_GCJ_CONFIG
> -     else
> -       tagname=""
> -     fi
> -     ;;
> -
> -      RC)
> -     AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_RC_CONFIG
> -     ;;
> -
> -      *)
> -     AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported tag name: $tagname])
> -     ;;
> -      esac
> -
> -      # Append the new tag name to the list of available tags.
> -      if test -n "$tagname" ; then
> -      available_tags="$available_tags $tagname"
> -    fi
> -    fi
> -  done
> -  IFS="$lt_save_ifs"
> +  AC_FOREACH([_LT_TAG], _LT_TAGS,
> +      [m4_case(_LT_TAG,
> +      [CXX], [_LT_AC_TAG_CHECK([CXX])
> +  echo appending configuration tag \"CXX\" to $ofile
> +  if test -n "$CXX" && test "X$CXX" != "Xno"; then
> +      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG
> +      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
> +  fi],
> +      [F77], [_LT_AC_TAG_CHECK(_LT_TAG)
> +  echo appending configuration tag \"_LT_TAG\" to $ofile
> +  if test -n "$F77" && test "X$F77" != "Xno"; then
> +      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG
> +      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
> +  fi],
> +      [GCJ], [_LT_AC_TAG_CHECK(_LT_TAG)
> +  echo appending configuration tag \"_LT_TAG\" to $ofile
> +  if test -n "$GCJ" && test "X$GCJ" != "Xno"; then
> +      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_GCJ_CONFIG
> +      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
> +  fi],
> +      [RC], [_LT_AC_TAG_CHECK(_LT_TAG)
> +  echo appending configuration tag \"_LT_TAG\" to $ofile
> +  AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_RC_CONFIG
> +  available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"],
> +      [m4_errprintn(m4_location[: error: invalid tag name: ]"_LT_TAG")
> +      m4_exit(1)])
> +  ])
>
>    # Now substitute the updated list of available tags.
>    if eval "sed -e 
> 's/^available_tags=.*\$/available_tags=\"$available_tags\"/' \"$ofile\" > 
> \"${ofile}T\""; then
> @@ -1721,7 +1681,7 @@ if test -f "$ltmain" && test -n "$tagnam
>      AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to update list of available tagged configurations.])
>    fi
>  fi
> -])# _LT_AC_TAGCONFIG
> +])# _LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG
>
>
>  # AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
> @@ -3976,7 +3944,7 @@ if test "X\${CDPATH+set}" = Xset; then C
>  available_tags=
>
>  # ### BEGIN LIBTOOL CONFIG],
> -[# ### BEGIN LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: $tagname])
> +[# ### BEGIN LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: $1])
>
>  # Libtool was configured on host `(hostname || uname -n) 2>/dev/null | sed 
> 1q`:
>
> @@ -4272,7 +4245,7 @@ include_expsyms=$lt_[]_LT_AC_TAGVAR(incl
>
>  ifelse([$1],[],
>  [# ### END LIBTOOL CONFIG],
> -[# ### END LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: $tagname])
> +[# ### END LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: $1])
>
>  __EOF__
>
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