[Pkg-ace-devel] Did some experimenting

[Johnny Willemsen]

Hi,

Can you post the libtool problem on the ACE mailing list, maybe there is
someone that has a solution.

Johnny

> According to Johnny, ACE-x.y.z.tar.gz are generated from
> ACE-x.y.z-src.tar.gz by running the 'bootstrap' script on a RHEL4
> machine (anduril.dre) with this configuration:
> 
> Autoconf 2.59
> Automake 1.9.6
> Libtool 1.5.6
> Bash, 3.00.15, /bin/sh is bash 3.00.15 also.
> 
> I've done some testing with the 5.6.3 branch (5.6.3-6-to-be) with and
> it almost builds (it fails in the install step with an odd error about
> not wanting to overwrite a just-created file, but I don't care about
> that now) with the following configuration:
> 
> Autoconf 2.64
> Automake 1.11
> Libtool 1.5.22 (I took the etch package and built it)
> Bash 4.00.33
> 
> So I'd say the main stopper we are having is libtool, and I guess
> when/if anduril.dre ever moves to a newer libtool they will face the
> same problems. Once more, Debian is serving as the tester for some
> piece of software, just like it was the testbed for XFree86 :-/
> 
> Solutions? None at the moment. Going back to libtool 1.5.22 is
> certainly not a solution. My knowledge of libtool is... well, zero :-)
> 
> --
> Pau Garcia i Quiles
> http://www.elpauer.org
> (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
> 
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