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and subject line Bug#286341: fixed in libtool 2.5.4-8
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regarding libtool: different behavior with gcc vs. cc
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Package: libtool
Version: 1.5.6-3
Severity: normal
/usr/bin/libtool behaves differently when using "cc" as compiler rather
than "gcc". Example:
$ cat test.c
int foo()
{
return 1;
}
$ /usr/bin/libtool --mode=compile gcc -c test.c
mkdir .libs
gcc -c test.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/test.o
gcc -c test.c -o test.o >/dev/null 2>&1
$ /usr/bin/libtool --mode=compile cc -c test.c
cc -c test.c
mv -f test.o .libs/test.o
cc -c test.c >/dev/null 2>&1
Note that in the second case it doesn't use any PIC flags, so it
results in broken builds.
Of course, "cc" and "gcc" are actually the same compilers.
$ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2004-11-21 02:20 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-3.3
$ ls -l /usr/bin/cc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2004-11-21 02:21 /usr/bin/cc -> /etc/alternatives/cc
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/cc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2004-11-21 02:21 /etc/alternatives/cc -> /usr/bin/gcc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7-nforce2
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages libtool depends on:
ii autotools-dev 20040822.1 Update infrastructure for config.{
ii cpp 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii file 4.12-1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 [c-compiler] 1:3.3.4-13 The GNU C compiler
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Development Librari
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: libtool
Source-Version: 2.5.4-8
Done: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libtool, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libtool package)
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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:19:28 +0000
Source: libtool
Architecture: source
Version: 2.5.4-8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Closes: 286341 733935 1122012 1122013
Changes:
libtool (2.5.4-8) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Cyril Brulebois ]
* Fix sanitation of libtool vs. libtoolize; the former is shipped in
libtool-bin (arch:any, so binary-arch target), the latter in libtool
(arch:all, so binary-indep target).
* Use a single sed call (no pipefail in dash).
* Make sure failures are noticed inside for loops.
* Unhardcode upstream version from sanitation loops.
.
[ Gioele Barabucci ]
* d/rules: Use standard `dh` sequence to d/rules (Closes: #1122012, #1122013)
.
[ Alastair McKinstry ]
* Close previously fixed bugs. Closes: #286341, #733935
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