* doc/libtool.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
Prompted by patch from Bruno Haible against Automake.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/libtool.texi (Finish mode): Document behavior when *.la files
are passed.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_finish): Eliminate sysroot
or `=' signs representing it from files in $libs.
* tests/sysroot.at (SYSROOT_TESTS): Test for presence of sysroot
references before running libtool --mode=finish, and for absence
afterwards.
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CMD_OLD_ARCHIVE): Move detection
of a suitable archiver...
(_LT_PROG_AR): ...to here. New macro, also detect if the
archiver supports a listing file with the new variable
archiver_list_spec.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh: If the archiver supports a listing
file, use it when max_cmd_len is exceeded. This is needed for
tool chains such as MSVC which do not support piece by piece
linking (-r -o).
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents): Update with
archiver_list_spec description.
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CMD_GLOBAL_SYMBOLS)
<nm_file_list_spec>: New tag variable. Set it to '@' if input
files can be passed to $NM in a file named with the '@' option.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): When
nm_file_list_spec is nonempty, use it to avoid skipped_export.
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents): Document
new variable.
Fixes a lot of testsuite failures with MSVC 2003 (v8.0) and
above (and perhaps also MSVC .Net) related to running programs
that have been moved (e.g. installed) without their manifests
also having been moved.
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_PATH_MANIFEST_TOOL): New macro
that locates the Manifest Tool (mt) and verifies that it is
indeed the manifest tool. The result is stored in the new
variable MANIFEST_TOOL.
(_LT_LINKER_SHLIBS) <postlink_cmds>: New tag variable.
[ cygwin, mingw, cegcc ] <cl*>: Embed the manifest file as a
resource. Make sure the embedding work regardless of if the
@OUTPUT@ file name includes a trailing $EXEEXT.
(_LT_LANG_CXX_CONFIG): Likewise.
(_LT_LINKER_SHLIBS, _LT_LANG_CXX_CONFIG): Require the above
_LT_PATH_MANIFEST_TOOL.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): After linking
a program, replace @OUTPUT@ in $postlink_cmds and then execute
the commands.
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents): Document
new postlink_cmds variable.
(LT_INIT): Add that the MANIFEST_TOOL environment variable can
be used to override the manifest tool to use.
* tests/exeext.at: New. Make sure linking with both -o prog
and -o prog$EXEEXT works.
* Makefile.am (TESTSUITE_AT): Update.
(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Propagate $(MANIFEST_TOOL) to the
testsuite.
* NEWS: Add note of the new MANIFEST_TOOL environment variable.
* doc/libtool.texi: Throughout the manual, replace @var with
@samp or @code as appropriate, ensure the argument of remaining
@var uses are lower-case.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CHECK_MAGIC_METHOD),
libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): On Windows,
find potential libs regardless of file name case.
* tests/nocase.at: New test, to check for regressions
of the above.
* Makefile.am: Add above new test.
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents): Document
new variables.
* NEWS: Updated.
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/libtool.texi (Updating version info): Be explicit
about setting age to zero on interface change.
Reported by Jef Driesen <jefdriesen@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
* doc/libtool.texi (Dlpreopening): Remove broken documentation
of lt_dlsymbol and lt_dlsymlist. Document typedef lt_dlsymlist
and symbol lt_preloaded_symbols according to the implementation.
* tests/demo/dlmain.c (lt_symlist): Make struct anonymous ...
(lt_dlsymlist): ... and typedef to this name.
(lt_preloaded_symbols, main): Adjust.
* tests/pdemo/longer_file_name_dlmain.c: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/libtool.texi (FAQ, Stripped link flags): New nodes.
(Wrapper executables): Replace bug address with macro.
(Compile mode, Link mode): Document `-Wc,' and `-Xcompiler '
semantics better.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): Rewrite comment
for the flags that are passed through.
Prompted by reports from Simon Richter <Simon.Richter@hogyros.de>,
Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com> and
Åke Sandgren <ake.sandgren@hpc2n.umu.se>.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/libtool.texi (Autoconf macros): Improve hyphenation.
(Using libltdl): libltdl uses the Lesser General Public License,
not the Library General Public License.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* NEWS: Indicate new feature and incompatibility.
* doc/libtool.texi [detailmenu]: Add reference to subsection
'Wrapper executables for programs', in Platform Quirks category.
[Linking executables]: Mention wrapper executables, in
addition to wrapper scripts. Add menu referencing subsection
'Wrapper executables for programs'.
[Wrapper executables for programs]: New subsection. Documents
cwrapper rationale and command line options.
* doc/libtool.texi (Updating version info): Repeat the
algorithms in different, hopefully simpler terms.
* THANKS: Update.
Prompted by Richard B. Kreckel.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* libltdl/config/general.m4sh (func_normal_abspath): New function.
(func_relative_path): Likewise.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_help): Document "-bindir".
(func_mode_link): Accept new "-bindir" option and use it, if
supplied, to place Windows DLLs.
* tests/bindir.at: New file for install tests using "-bindir".
* Makefile.am (TESTSUITE_AT): Add bindir.at.
* doc/libtool.texi (Link Mode): Update documentation.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* Makefile.am (testsuite_deps, testsuite_deps_uninstalled):
New variables.
(check-local, installcheck-local): Use them.
(check-interactive, check-noninteractive): New rules.
* tests/link-order2.at (Link order of deplibs),
tests/static.at (static linking flags for programs): Add keyword
`interactive'.
* doc/libtool.texi (Test descriptions): Document all keywords
used in the Libtool test suite.
* NEWS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/libtool.texi (Invoking libtool): Give examples for using
the `--mode=MODE' short-hand `MODE', or abbreviations thereof.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh: Mention the short-hand for MODE
in the --help output.
* tests/help.at (mode short-hands): New test group.
Suggestion by Bruno Haible.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (usage): Document
new options --no-silent/--no-quiet and --no-verbose.
(func_enable_tag): Handle new options.
Modified --verbose to actually activate opt_verbose.
New behavior: --silent disables both "normal" output and
func_verbose output. --verbose enables both "normal"
output and func_verbose output. --no-silent enables
"normal" output, but does not affect func_verbose output.
--no-verbose disables func_verbose output, but does not
affect "normal" output.
* NEWS: announce new options --no-silent/--no-quiet, and
--no-verbose.
* doc/libtool.texi: document new options --no-silent/--no-quiet
and --no-verbose.
The HP-UX 11 runtime linker fails to mmap shared libraries
without execute permissions. Fixing them with postinstall_cmds
may be too late, as ln, sed, and chmod may link against the
library being installed.
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (install_override_mode): New LT_DECL.
(_LT_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER) [hpux9*, hpux10*, hpux11*]: Set it.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_install): Build a second
command line, $install_shared_prog, for the installation of the
shared library. Override resp. set the permission mode if
install_override_mode is nonempty.
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents): Document it.
* tests/install.at (Install tests): New test.
* Makefile.am (TESTSUITE_AT): Adjust.
(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Pass INSTALL.
Report by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* Makefile.am (dist_man1_MANS, update_mans): New macros.
($(srcdir)/doc/libtool.1, $(srcdir)/doc/libtoolize.1): New
rules. Use --help-all for libtool.
(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): New macro. Add dist_man1_MANS.
(BUILT_SOURCES): Add libtoolize.
* configure.ac: Check for help2man, set HELP2MAN.
* doc/libtool.texi: Add @direntry for libtool-invocation.
(Invoking libtool): Document -h, --help-all. Reorder mode
description for consistency.
(Compile mode): Do not document -Wl,FLAG and -XCClinker here.
(Link mode): Document -Wc,FLAG here, reformat a bit.
* libtoolize.m4sh: Reformat --help output a bit, to help
help2man.
* libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh: Likewise. Also, set PROGRAM to
`libtool', not `ltmain.sh', so the former is used in the man
page.
New argument `--help-all'. If given, call func_help and
func_mode_help several times, beating output in shape with sed.
(func_mode_help): Do not exit here.
* libltdl/config/getopt.m4sh (func_usage): Work with different
indentations, but require comment hash in first column, when
grepping for '-h' in usage to end short help.
(func_help): Accept optional argument to not exit.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Suggestion by Karl Berry.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* libltdl/m4/ltdl.m4 (LTDL_INIT): Check for a libltdl that
provides lt_dladvise_preopen when deciding if installed libltdl
is 'new enough'.
* libltdl/libltdl/lt__private.h (lt__advise): Add a new
is_preload flag.
* libltdl/ltdl.c (lt_dladvise_preload): New api call to set it.
(try_dlopen): If it is set, and the search of preloaded modules
didn't return a match, don't bother searching the filesystem.
* libltdl/ltdl.h (lt_dladvise_preload): Declare it.
* doc/libtool.texi (Libltdl Interface): Document it.
* tests/lt_dladvise.at: Test it (and incidentally add some test
coverage for `libtool -dlpreopen').
* NEWS: Announce it.
* libltdl/config/general.m4sh (opt_warning): New option.
(func_warning): Only display a warning message if $opt_warning
is true.
* libtoolize.m4sh: Accept options in LIBTOOLIZE_OPTIONS
environment variable.
(--no-warn): Parse new option.
(func_serial_update_check, func_keyword_update): Use func_warning.
(func_check_macros): Bail out before style issues nags when
$opt_warning is false.
* doc/libtool.texi (Invoking Libtoolize): Document it.
* tests/libtoolize.at: Test it.
* NEWS: Updated.
* doc/libtool.texi (lt_dlopenadvise): The last parameter is of
type lt_dladvise, not lt_dladvise*.
(my_dlopenext): Correct the example too.
* NEWS: Updated.
Reported by Gary Kumfert <kumfert@llnl.gov>
* doc/libtool.texi (Link mode): -all-static does not go well
with disable-static on most systems.
* tests/static.at (static linking flags for programs) [!aix]:
With --disable-static but nonempty link_static_flag, skip the
m-all-static link. Do not skip it on AIX, as there the
enable_static is self-inflicted, and thus expected to work.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Nix.
sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec): Allow for a cache variable
lt_cv_sys_lib_... to set these at configure time.
* doc/notes.texi: Short note about the above change.
* libltdl/m4/ltdl.m4 (_LTDL_CONVENIENCE, _LTDL_INSTALLABLE)
(LTDL_INIT): Set and substitute LTDLDEPS according to chosen
method.
* tests/configure-iface.at (installable libltdl)
(--with-ltdl-include/lib, --with-included-ltdl): Test it.
* doc/libtool.texi (Distributing libltdl): Document LTDLDEPS.
* NEWS: Updated.
Dependency bug exposed by Eric Blake in M4, found by Bob Proulx
build daemon.
LTDL_INIT. Accept (optional) new 'convenience' and 'installable'
options in lieu of LTDL_CONVENIENCE and LTDL_INSTALL macros. And
also, implement --with-included-ltdl, --with-ltdl-lib and
--with-ltdl-include configure-time options:
* libltdl/m4/ltoptions.m4: Associate existing option settings with
LT_INIT.
(LT_OPTION_DEFINE): Associate options 'nonrecursive', 'recursive',
'subproject', 'installable' and 'convenience' with LTDL_INIT.
(_LT_MANGLE_OPTION, _LT_SET_OPTION, _LT_IF_OPTION)
(_LT_UNLESS_OPTIONS, _LT_SET_OPTIONS): Add MACRO-NAME argument to
support options to named macros instead of hardcoding only LT_INIT
options.
* libltdl/m4/ltdl.m4 (_LTDL_CONVENIENCE): Factor common code from
LTDL_CONVENIENCE and LTDL_INIT([convenience]).
(_LTDL_INSTALLABLE): Factor out common code from LTDL_INSTALLABLE
and LTDL_INIT([installable]).
(_LTDL_SETUP): Renamed from LTDL_INIT. Support new configure-time
options: --with-included-ltdl, --with-ltdl-lib,
--with-ltdl-include.
(LTDL_CONVENIENCE, LTDL_INSTALLABLE): Adjust.
(LT_WITH_LTDL): Removed.
(LTDL_INIT): Parse caller options.
* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (LT_INIT): Declare that this macro must be
expanded before LTDL_INIT, and be sure to parse caller options.
* configure.ac: Call directly into internal _LTDL_SETUP macro.
* libtoolize.m4sh (func_scan_files): Ltdl mode argument moved from
LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR to LT_INIT.
* tests/nonrecursive.at, tests/recursive.at: Use new interfaces.
* tests/configure-iface.at: Test it.
* Makefile.am (TESTSUITE_AT): Add configure-iface.at.
* doc/libtool.texi (Distributing libltdl): Document improved.
LTDL_INIT interfaces.
* NEWS: Updated.
* libltdl/m4/ltdl.m4 (_LT_BUILD_PREFIX): New macro.
If the Autoconf version used is >= 2.62, then expand to
`${top_build_prefix}', otherwise to `${top_builddir}/'.
(LTDL_CONVENIENCE, LTDL_INSTALLABLE): Use it for defining
LIBLTDL. Fixes a build failure with AIX make in a package
using convenience libltdl in nonrecursive mode.
* doc/libtool.texi (Distributing libltdl): Document requirements
to define `top_build_prefix' if Automake is not used.
Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
