X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 4EDCF3858401 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=DLqcXgBb c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=61880b7a a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 10:23:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Brian Inglis Subject: Add libtool use to autotools package Organization: Systematic Software X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfGXlLfNreV2AmHRj4gmBK76h/u1v8/XQD5PONd8sRG6N8E+BaWoCeAfN3F7INkDxDRjY1Fw+pLqIANXTERtuM4kqrSkjj6RMl835+c4DdoyKXq2t1ZcJ XTvPnVcgUkgtomORGeQEw2OzFGgfaStgeXDt/AnALHJTfufepAXBvfXmeDsGygdK24DGRjTgpuxLchkvbHhaQzdNjHwrvkRo514= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1160.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: "Cygwin" Hi folks, I am trying to port: https://github.com/Bill-Gray/PDCursesMod/tree/master/x11 as Xcurses to build THE-X11 on Cygwin. Has anyone got any (sources of) advice for adding recent libtool support to a recent autotools package that does not use libtool (uses Linux commands). The autobook is outdated and resembles nothing in current packages' configure.ac using libtool. Using libtoolize with explanations of what it actually does other than under autoreconf, giving real definitions and examples rather than simple toys in a foo package, is not covered anywhere I can find. Autotools documentation appears to be written assuming the reader is a developer with comprehensive knowledge and understanding of autotools, so the information provided is either redundant or useless, depending on whether you already know what they are talking about, which renders the documentation less useful for packagers trying to get packages to build! Other autotools "documentation" suggests libtool is outdated, to be avoided, and offers alternatives to autotools! Some questions I may need to be able to answer to move forward: What are the important source package considerations to know? Should I run libtoolize with all defaults in the source package src directory and/or the x11 subdirectory? Should I add LT_INIT to configure.ac/.in? Should I add parameter [win32-dll]? Should I add ABI age and current version info and where to? Are there other files that need to be manually added or modified for libtool to work? Is there an approach documented somewhere for converting Linux library commands to generic libtool commands? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple