On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 04:42 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > > LT_INIT requires libtool v2 whereby xorg "lowest common denominator" > is > > v1.5. > > Oh, didn't know that.
This is where the tool chain versions are specified. http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide#RequiredTools A few days ago Jeremy changed libtool min version from 1.5 to 2.2, I am trying to find out what led to this change. > > > I suspect that in real life almost everyone uses v2. If I > > understand correctly, when configured with v2, libtool copies a > handful > > of v2 macros in the m4 directory (only if available). This allows a > > system with v1.5 to use the v2 macros. > > autoreconf should copy all used macros into aclocal.m4 and the > templates > for the libtool script, so that you don't need those on the build > system. > Any missing macro should be detected by way of m4_pattern_forbid or at > “make dist” time. The version of libtool used should in theory matter > only on the system the person doing autoreconf runs it on. > Good, means no special case for libtool. > > I am considering upgrading all of xorg to libtool v2 (only > formalizing > > the current situation). I am interested in the feedback you may get > from > > builders on that matter. > > I would not expect any problem from people building from the tarballs > due to the libtool version. It could be an issue when building from > git > though. > Matthieu reported OpendBSD still requires to autoreconf using libtool 1.5 for about a year more.
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