Have you tried using the CVS version of libtool? This seems to work ok with the Sun Forte compiler. Earlier versions of libtool are not designed to work with C++.
Bob On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Ulrik Petersen wrote: > Hello, > > libtool is great, but unfortunately it still does not > work equally well on all platforms. I have problems > with building shared C++ libraries on the Sun Forte CC > compiler, especially when using templates. There are > severel problems, all of which I will describe below. > > The Sun Forte compiler has problems when object files > are moved around, which libtool does by default. This > is because the Sun Forte compiler stores template > instances in separate files, along with information > about which object files belong with which template > instances. Thus when object files are moved around > (between $libdir and $objdir), the linker (which > happens to be the compiler) does not know where to > find the template instances, resulting in unresolved > symbols. There is a FAQ dealing with this at: > > http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/suncc/faqs/cpp.html#0q3 > > Here is a (very dirty) sed script I use in my > configure.in in order to make libtool work: > > s/compiler_o_lo="no"/compiler_o_lo="yes"/ > s%$show "$mv $output_obj $libobj"%\#% > s%$show "$mv $libobj $obj"%\#% > s%$show "$mv $output_obj $obj"%\#% > s%$show "$mv $libobj $lo_libobj"%\#% > s%$run $mv $output_obj $libobj%test "x" = "x"% > s%$run $mv $libobj $obj%test "x" = "x"% > s%$run $mv $output_obj $obj%test "x" = "x"% > s%$run $mv $libobj $lo_libobj%test "x" = "x"% > s%\*\.lo) libobjs="\$libobjs \$arg"%\*\.lo) > libobjs="\$libobjs \$objdir/\$arg"% > > As you can see, this sed script solves three problems: > > 1) It sets compiler_o_lo to yes, even though > aclocal.m4 believes it should be no. > > 2) It removes the lines that mv any object files. > > 3) It puts $objdir/ in front of all object files when > linking. > > Also, as detailed in the Sun Forte C++ User's Guide, > one should use CC -xar -o instead of ar and CC -g > instead of ld when linking C++ libraries. Otherwise, > templates are not instantiated. > > Here is the code I use in my configure.in to > accomplish this. ISHOSTSUNCC is a variable I set > myself. > > if test x$ISHOSTSUNCC = xyes; then > AR=CC; > AR_FLAGS="-xar -o"; > LD=CC; > export AR AR_FLAGS LD > fi > > dnl Invoke libtool > AC_PROG_LIBTOOL > > Of course, one should not use the CC compiler as the > linker/archiver when linking C libraries. So there > are some language-related complexities involved here. > > The Sun Forte C++ User's Guide can be found at: > > http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-7991 > > The relevant sections are: Chapter 7 (especially > 7.3.1), Chapter 16 (especially 16.2 and 16.3), Chapter > 12. > > If you need any other information, please contact me > off-list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Best regards, > > Ulrik Petersen > Emdros maintainer, <http://www.emdros.org/> > > > ===== > -- > Ulrik Petersen, Denmark > > Beskyt din computer mod virus og misbrug! Læs mere i Yahoo! Sikkerhedscenter på >www.yahoo.dk/sikkerhedscenter > > > _______________________________________________ > Libtool mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool > ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
