Re: should -dev libraries depending on other -dev packages?

Hello Robert, [ I don't read debian-devel, so please Cc: me on or point me to whatever I should read; thanks. ] * Robert Collins wrote on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 02:31:46AM CEST: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419228 is likely > related. > as is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bug

Re: Announcing Dolt, a drop-in Libtool replacement which cuts build times in half

Hello Josh, can we limit followups to a subset of this impressive array of mailing lists? Say, to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? That would be readable at . Thanks. * Josh Triplett wrote on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:34:18PM CEST: > Libtool kn

Re: Re: List of packages shipping shell scripts with bashisms + MBF proposal

* Ben Pfaff wrote: > I'd suggest complaining about those that specify numbers other > than 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, or 15. See > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/trap.html Is there any system where 13 is not SIGPIPE? I don't know of one, it's documented in the Autoconf manual

Re: Re: List of packages shipping shell scripts with bashisms + MBF proposal

[ Please Cc: me, I don't read the list ] * Raphael Geissert wrote: > > I should further note that the Libtool version in experimental makes > > use of some bashisms as optimization. These are put in place iff, at > > the time the Libtool package is configured, the chosen shell is deemed > > capab

Re: List of packages shipping shell scripts with bashisms + MBF proposal

> Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >libtool Libtool is a false positive. The script /usr/bin/libtool contains some C program text embedded in a here document. I should further note that the Libtool version in experimental makes use of some bashisms as optimization. These are put in place iff

Re: Making init scripts use dash

Sorry for the late message to this thread. * Gabor Gombas wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 01:58:14AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Thus, it's bash's start-up which is the slow part, in the terms of > > actual speed, bash is not that far behind. > > It would be interesting to compare something

Re: Delayed ldconfig execution in postinst step

* Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If someone happens to install sonamed libfoo.so only but rely on > > ldconfig to create the libfoo.so.N symlink > It takes about 20 seconds to find out that Debian policy does forbid > s

Re: cross-compiling Debian packages

[ Please Cc: me on replies ] > So, why should the autoconf have this cross-compiling mode, when what > is in fact needed is a way to let it still work despite the inability > to execute built test programs? Many tests done by Autoconf-created configure scripts do not need to execute the created b

Re: Bug#353693: Looking for a autotools/libtool expert:Unnecessarily linked libraries

[ Please Cc: me on replies ] Hi Frank, > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But even after fixing this, tetex-bin seems to be using some obscure and > > obsolete feature of autoconf 2.13 that replaces "ac_include $file" in > > Makefile.in with the contents of that file in the output Ma

Re: Delayed ldconfig execution in postinst step

[ Please Cc: me on replies ] > Therefore it is crucial that only commands > > - that cannot sensibly be assumed to fail, und any circumstances > including f'cked up filesystems, > can be allowed. That would exclude ldconfig then. If someone happens to install sonamed libfoo.so only but rely o

Re: Minimizing ld dependencies with --as-needed

Hi Tollef, Sorry for the high response latency. * Tollef Fog Heen wrote on Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 09:45:03PM CEST: > * Ralf Wildenhues > > | I would be much happier if someone with time would just help to put > | this into libtool properly as an option (and possible adjust pkg-conf

Re: Minimizing ld dependencies with --as-needed

[ please cc: me on replies ] * Ron Johnson wrote: > What are the opinions of d-d's of --as-needed? > > According to this thread, the number of dependencies can sometimes > be slashed drastically. I would be much happier if someone with time would just help to put this into libtool properly as an