On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 22:13, Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> wrote: > More issues: > > - the part of ltmain starting with > # Collect and forward deplibs of preopened libtool libs > > will source .la files but looks like it mistreats = in $dependency_libs
Ok. > - is it intended that the = remain in the .la files after these are > moved to their final location on the host system? Or should > --mode=finish remove them? I thought so, but --mode=finish takes a directory. :/ Should I do that on all .la files? > - should we provide a minimal patch for vendors 2.2.10 (or earlier > versions, maybe even 1.5.x) that makes libtool not barf upon = in .la > files, for smoother upgrades (given that 2.2.12 could contain other > issues not making for a smooth upgrade path)? Yes, especially if --mode=finish does nothing. I'll see who maintains libtool at Red Hat, maybe he can relieve me of that part. :) Paolo