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On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 10:14 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 11:01 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 16:37 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > <snip> |
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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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> > > > |
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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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> > > > |
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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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> > > |
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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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> > What would really break when get_libname() does not return '.a'? |
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> > IIRC, some ebuilds have a 'static' useflag. |
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> > What if this is use.forced in the FreeMiNT profiles? |
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> The -static USE flag in some of the ebuilds places some unnecessary |
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> restrictions on FreeMiNT, which I'd probably end up having to workaround |
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> anyway. |
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> Plus, readline doesn't have a static flag. So it's a moot point. |
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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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> > /me just doesn't feel (yet?) get_libname() returning '.a' is really |
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> > correct. |
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> I feel it is currently for FreeMiNT. |
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> If we can't make that change to readline (and libiconv), then I'll need |
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> to revert back to suggesting... |
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> [[ $CHOST == *-mint* ]] && |
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> with exactly the same "mv" command as I can't have static libs in /lib. |
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Let me try the ".irrelevant" flag and see what breaks though. |
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Alan. |
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