Re: Patch to update libtool in GCC and Src trees

[Steve Ellcey <sje at cup dot hp dot com>]

What I meant to send in my last email:


Charles Wilson wrote:

> However: on other platforms (see src/newlib/configure.host: at present,
> only linux native) newlib may in fact use libtool.  It doesn't appear
> that any of Steve's patches address that:
>
>    (1) src/newlib/configure.in says "AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)" so
>        newlib will see the "new" ltmain.sh
>    (2) src/newlib/Makefile.am says "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ." so
>        aclocal will use newlib/libtool.m4, which is "old", and NOT
>        the "new" src/libtool.m4 and the other .m4 friends.
  .
  .
> Either way, Steve's existing patch needs to be extended to do
> _something_ with newlib, and that means a few more days of shakedown so
> the linux-native-newlib guys can test it.

Charles,

Do you know who any of these linux-native-newlib folks are?  I am
looking for some guidance on how the users of libtool in newlib would
like to address this issue.  I am thinking that libtool.m4 should be
removed from the newlib directory.  I don't know why newlib has its
own copy of libtool anyway.

Steve Ellcey
sje@cup.hp.com