Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] libtool and sysroot

[Joakim Tjernlund]

On Sat, 2015-02-07 at 07:53 -0800, Brian Dolbec wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:34:31 +0000
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@×××××××××.se> wrote:
>
> > X compiling sys-libs/pam with USE="berkdb cracklib" will fail as both berkdb and cracklib installs .la
> > files which points to the hosts sysroot
> >
> > AFAIK this problem is caused by libtool not being informed about the new sysroot.
> >
> > Adjusting sys-libs/pam ebuild:
> > --- pam-1.1.8-r2.ebuild.org     2015-02-07 13:27:55.956949334 +0100
> > +++ pam-1.1.8-r2.ebuild 2015-02-07 13:30:05.171420033 +0100
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  EAPI=5
> >
> > -inherit libtool multilib multilib-minimal eutils pam toolchain-funcs
> > flag-o-matic db-use +inherit autotools libtool multilib
> > multilib-minimal eutils pam toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic db-use
> >  MY_PN="Linux-PAM"
> >  MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
> > @@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
> >  src_prepare() {
> >         epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.1.8-doc-install.patch #473650
> >
> > -       elibtoolize
> > +       #Regenerate libtool files as it is too old for sysroot support
> > +       eautoreconf
> >  }
> >
> >  multilib_src_configure() {
> > @@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
> >                 $(use_enable nis)
> >                 --with-db-uniquename=-$(db_findver sys-libs/db)
> >                 --disable-prelude
> > +               --with-sysroot=yes
> >         )
> >
> > will make the X compile succeed.
> >
> > I think it could be a good idea to have econf add --with-sysroot=yes automatically when cross building.
> > Comments?
> >
> >  Jocke
>
> Sorry, but this list is for portage, the package manager development, not portage tree ebuilds.  I have
> been trying to get people to refer to the tree as the gentoo tree (same as the repo name) to help avoid
> this confusion.
>
> This should be submitted to bugzilla, where it will be assigned to the pam maintainer.

But PAM does not define econf, right?
I am suggesting that econf should hide the sysroot stuff so one does not have to modify every ebuild
in the tree. Where does econf belong?

     Jocke