Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 23:57:24 +0200 From: Romain =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tarti=E8re?= <romain@blogreen.org> To: ade@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD port of libtool Message-ID: <20090509215724.GA13092@blogreen.org>
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--azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear devel/libtool maintainer (I added ports@ in CC since their might be people with "the answer" there), While updating FreeBSD ports I maintain, I encountered a dependency on recent libltdl version: quoting libcanberra-0.12 (which I don't maintain but a port I maintain depends on) configure.ac: > dnl Unfortunately, even up to libtool 2.2.6a there is no way to know > dnl exactly which version of libltdl is present in the system, so we > dnl just assume that it's a working version as long as we have the > dnl library and the header files. > dnl > dnl As an extra safety device, check for lt_dladvise_init() which is > dnl only implemented in libtool 2.x, and refine as we go if we have > dnl refined requirements. =2E.. and configure says: > checking ltdl.h usability... yes > checking ltdl.h presence... yes > checking for ltdl.h... yes > checking for lt_dladvise_init in -lltdl... no > configure: error: Unable to find libltdl. So, I though I had to check the libtool version, thinking I was not up-to-date with my port or that libcanberra was relying on an API that had been added to libtool a few time ago. However, I discovered that while libtool stable version is 2.2.6a, FreeBSD had 1.5.26. I could not find any relevant PR nor message in the mailing lists, and am wondering about why isn't libtool up-to-date. Is it just because of a lack of time? Because introduced features are not used and their is no need to update? Because it would require a big work to update all ports depending of it? Something else? I just would like to know how I should consider libtool on FreeBSD. If taking time to update it is a loss of time or if it would be somewhat useful. In advance, thank you for your lights. Regards, Romain --=20 Romain Tarti=E8re <romain@blogreen.org> http://romain.blogreen.org/ pgp: 8DAB A124 0DA4 7024 F82A E748 D8E9 A33F FF56 FF43 (ID: 0xFF56FF43) (plain text =3Dnon-HTML=3D PGP/GPG encrypted/signed e-mail much appreciated) --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoF/EQACgkQ2OmjP/9W/0Or7ACePfLK7Bynyfb9a56Xfum8KMz2 76AAnjsBL32UsWwNBIm7WF38KjT8dCpd =Y3fX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--
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