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On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:26 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 17:09 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 18:05 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> > > On 25-11-2008 17:02:11 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > > > On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 17:57 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> > > > > On 25-11-2008 16:53:19 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > > > > > There's a bug in the readline ebuild that says this... |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > [[ $(get_libname) != .a ]] && |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > It should be.... |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > [[ $(get_libname) == .a ]] && |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > I think haubi did this on purpose, as AIX has .a for "shared libraries" |
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> > > > > :( |
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> > > > > It moves the "static" library out of the way, but if the platform |
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> > > > > happens to use .a for that, it refrains from doing so. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Haubi has the last word on this. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Then I need to add.... |
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> > > > |
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> > > > [[ ${CHOST} == *-mint* ]] && |
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> > > > mv "${ED}"/$(get_libdir)/lib{readline,history}.a |
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> > > > "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/ |
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> > > |
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> > > Hahaha... I knew this was going to break some time... Let's see what |
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> > > haubi thinks/wants. Does mint have shared libraries, or just static |
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> > > ones? |
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> > |
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> > Just static. |
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> |
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> Ohw, no shared libs! |
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> Wouldn't this require some (portage-)mechanism to perform a |
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> reverse-dependency-rebuild based on {,R}DEPEND? |
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> As far as I understand, get_libname() returns the extension used for |
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> *shared* libraries (which on AIX unfortunately can be '.a'). |
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> What should $(get_libname) return when there are no shared libraries? |
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> |
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> The test in readline just prevents moving 'lib*.a' out of /lib when it |
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> (potentially) is the shared library. |
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> |
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> When there are no shared libs at all, isn't it just wrong to have |
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> get_libname() returning '.a'? Maybe it should return either the empty |
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> string, or something like '.irrelevant' IMO. |
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Having get_libname() return .a on FreeMiNT makes things behave correctly |
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for the majority of ebuilds. |
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Given AIX uses .a for shared libs makes me think that readline should |
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really be AIX specific and use CHOST == *-aix* rather than just globally |
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using != .a. |
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Alan. |
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