On 08/27/2017 04:07 PM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: > Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@ssi-schaefer.com> writes: >> On 08/23/2017 11:24 PM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >>> Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@ssi-schaefer.com> writes: >>>> On 08/22/2017 12:40 AM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >>>>> Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@ssi-schaefer.com> writes:
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> >>> # If LTLIBOBJS is used, we must also clear LIBOBJS (which might >>> # be created by libtool as a side-effect of creating LTLIBOBJS). >>> $clean_files{"\$($var)"} = MOSTLY_CLEAN if $var =~ s/^LT//; >> >> Crucial here is that trailing { if $var =~ s/^LT// }: >> First, leading 'LT' eventually is dropped: $var = 'LIBOBJS'; >> If the leading 'LT' was actually found: $clean_files{'LIBOBJS'} = >> MOSTLY_CLEAN; > > I overlooked the regexp substitution. This code is too complex for what it > achieves. I have pushed the following patch in commit > 5521219348c55af354878583b99c5f9d66d6d38a > > - $clean_files{"\$($var)"} = MOSTLY_CLEAN if $var =~ s/^LT//; > + $clean_files{"\$(LIBOBJS)"} = MOSTLY_CLEAN if $var eq "LTLIBOBJS"; One more note: IMHO, the idea was to also support "LTALLOCA" here - even if AC_FUNC_ALLOCA does not (yet?). /haubi/