[PATCH 1/2] GCC: Check if AR works with --plugin and rc

[Alan Modra]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 08:57:05AM -0800, H.J. Lu via Binutils wrote:
> diff --git a/config/gcc-plugin.m4 b/config/gcc-plugin.m4
> index c5b72e9a13d..798a2054edd 100644
> --- a/config/gcc-plugin.m4
> +++ b/config/gcc-plugin.m4
> @@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ for plugin in $plugin_names; do
>      break
>    fi
>  done
> +dnl Check if ${AR} $plugin_option rc works.
> +AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
> +if test "${AR}" = "" ; then
> +  AC_MSG_ERROR([Required archive tool 'ar' not found on PATH.])
> +fi
> +touch conftest.c
> +${AR} $plugin_option rc conftest.a conftest.c
> +if test "$?" != 0; then
> +  echo "Failed: ${AR} $plugin_option rc"

Use AC_MSG_ERROR rather than echo.

> +  plugin_option=
> +fi
> +rm -f conftest.*
>  if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
>    $1="$plugin_option"
>    AC_MSG_RESULT($plugin_option)

> diff --git a/libtool.m4 b/libtool.m4
> index 3672e9516e2..150971974c1 100644
> --- a/libtool.m4
> +++ b/libtool.m4
> @@ -1340,7 +1340,14 @@ AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, false)
>  test -z "$AR" && AR=ar
>  if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
>    if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
> -    AR="$AR $plugin_option"
> +    touch conftest.c
> +    $AR $plugin_option rc conftest.a conftest.c
> +    if test "$?" != 0; then
> +      echo "Failed: $AR $plugin_option rc"

AC_MSG_ERROR again.

> +    else
> +      AR="$AR $plugin_option"
> +    fi
> +    rm -f conftest.*
>    fi
>  fi
>  test -z "$AR_FLAGS" && AR_FLAGS=cru

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM