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Re: various egcs versions break libtool
- To: Gordon Matzigkeit <gord at m-tech dot ab dot ca>
- Subject: Re: various egcs versions break libtool
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 00:10:59 -0600
- cc: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <86btsftsdw.fsf@trick.profitpress.com>you write:
> As libtool maintainer, I'm having problems keeping up with the changes
> that have been made from gcc2 to egcs.
>
> I've received a number of bug reports that libtool doesn't work on
> platforms where egcs (at least 1.03, and 2.91.09) has been installed.
> I think the source of these problems is the collect2 program which is
> distributed with egcs.
Can you describe the problems in more detail? Or provide example code
that breaks?
> Could somebody who is knowledgeable in collect2 matters, especially
> the differences between gcc2 collect2 and egcs collect2, please step
> forward? I'm not sure where to begin tracking down these problems,
> because I have very little understanding of the issues.
Very little has changed in collect2 other than it's now installed
as "collect2" instead of "ld" to avoid recursion on some platforms.
jeff