Hi Peter, * Peter Rosin wrote on Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:14:03AM CET: > Den 2011-02-12 11:10 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: > > * Peter Rosin wrote on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:26:24PM CET: > >> Or is plain 'ar' used somewhere instead of 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar'? > > > > Automake outputs 'AR = ar' in Makefile.in for rules creating old > > libraries iff neither AC_PROG_LIBTOOL nor another method to define > > AR correctly is used in configure.ac.
> > A good workaround, as already mentioned, is to use this in configure.ac: > > AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [false]) > > I just cannot understand why the workaround isn't always working in > this case. > > There was a log posted with this in it > (in http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-01/msg02697.php): [...] > configure:6164: checking for x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar > configure:6180: found /mingw/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar > configure:6191: result: x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar [...] > Which seem to match this snippet from configure.in: > > ... > AC_PROG_RANLIB > PGAC_CHECK_STRIP > AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar) > if test "$PORTNAME" = "win32"; then > AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLTOOL, dlltool, dlltool) > AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLWRAP, dllwrap, dllwrap) > AC_CHECK_TOOL(WINDRES, windres, windres) > fi > ... > > Sure, AC_CHECK_TOOL has under-quoted arguments and the last argument is > 'ar' instead of 'false'. But that shouldn't really matter here. (Or > does it?) No, that's irrelevant. > Still, elsewhere in the thread there's a report about the wrong ar being > used. > (in http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-01/msg02713.php) Well, the poster wrote that it worked now though: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-01/msg02806.php > Sure, the configure log and the "wrong ar"-report are not from the same > person, but the configure script should be the same for everybody (git > log hints that this part of configure has been stable for a couple of > years). > > It just doesn't add up. FWIW, I don't see enough evidence of breakage to be able to analyze it. Thanks, Ralf -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
