Re: New auxiliary archive script

2010-08-13 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2010-08-12 19:55 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: * Peter Rosin wrote on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 01:05:09PM CEST: Or always pass on any '-lib' option to PROGRAM w/o trying to interpret it further. That might be a good addition, since there might be other interesting options to pass through, and those

[PATCH] Support more C++ extensions for MSVC in the compile script.

2010-08-13 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi! This is one of the last bits of functionality from the (dwindling) pr-msvc-support branch in Libtool (the remaining bit is triggering the ar-lib script with a new macro and some things related to that). MSVC only recognizes .c and .cpp as source files, if you say e.g. foo.cc, it will treat

Re: transform2.test failure on Cygwin: replacing an executable with a script

2010-08-13 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2010-08-07 17:56 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: I'm seeing a presumably new failure on Cygwin that I don't remember seeing before. The gist is the following: transform2.test tries something like install bla.exe .../inst/bin/foo.exe install script.sh .../inst/bin/foo and the second one

Re: [PATCH] Support more C++ extensions for MSVC in the compile script.

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, * Peter Rosin wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 03:37:59PM CEST: This is one of the last bits of functionality from the (dwindling) pr-msvc-support branch in Libtool (the remaining bit is triggering the ar-lib script with a new macro and some things related to that). Cool. MSVC only

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hmpf. No, the patch is still broken, and the tests are incomplete. Please disregard it; I will post a new version later. Thanks, Stefano

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 07:00:08PM CEST: Note that I have not yet run the whole testsuite on this change; I will if you tell me you're interested in the patch. I'm intrigued by the fact that there appears to be a bug in the current implementation. I agree

Re: transform2.test failure on Cygwin: replacing an executable with a script

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Peter Rosin wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 03:55:54PM CEST: Den 2010-08-07 17:56 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: install bla.exe .../inst/bin/foo.exe install script.sh .../inst/bin/foo and the second one fails (to overwrite the foo.exe). Does anybody happen to know if this is due to a

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Ralf. Sorry you missed my last drop this message... At Friday 13 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 07:00:08PM CEST: Note that I have not yet run the whole testsuite on this change; I will if you tell me you're interested

translation of command line arguments (was: New auxiliary archive script)

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Peter Rosin wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:38:43AM CEST: Den 2010-08-12 19:55 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: Same with 'compile' by the way. If -O3 is spelt differently for cl, then I think translating that is a good idea. I think we should keep such translation to a bare minimum. The chance

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:38:13PM CEST: Hi Ralf. Sorry you missed my last drop this message... I didn't. I just hoped the post might be helpful anyway. Just ignore it if it distracts you. At Friday 13 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Why are you not

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
At Friday 13 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:38:13PM CEST: Hi Ralf. Sorry you missed my last drop this message... I didn't. I just hoped the post might be helpful anyway. And it is. The sorry was addressed to you (sorry if I made

Re: [PATCH] Improve support for non-default autotools in rebuild rules.

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 01:18:14AM CEST: At Friday 13 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:38:13PM CEST: At Friday 13 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Why are you not suggesting AM_MISSING_PROG([AUTOM4TE],

Re: REĀ : call for help/crazy idea: nmake support

2010-08-13 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
I would like to thank everyone who provided input on this topic. It certainly helps when considering where to go. One conclusion from this is that we should get Peter's MSVC support finished and completed for Automake 1.12 and the next Libtool release. I wasn't aware that there are more