Re: GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-29 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 03/29/2011 01:33 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote: But some of those bug reports refer to target libiberty - which I still maintain should never be built by GCC - and some to target zlib, which I think should only be relevant when building Java. Agreed on both counts. Paolo

Re: GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-29 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
"Joseph S. Myers" writes: > In general link tests *are* required for GNU/Linux targets, because of > e.g. uClibc configurations where some functions may be disabled and this > can sometimes only be detected through a link test. Furthermore, when > building shared libraries you need a shared l

Re: GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-29 Thread Joseph S. Myers
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > We have several bug reports for 4.6.0 about failures of the form > > checking dynamic linker characteristics... configure: error: Link tests are > not allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES. > > http://gcc.gnu.org/PR47836 > http://gcc.gnu.org/PR46586 >

Re: GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-28 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:55:27AM CEST: > * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:39:25AM CEST: > > Shortly after that code in libtool.m4, I see this: > > > > if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then > > lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; ca

Re: GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-28 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Ian, * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:39:25AM CEST: > We have several bug reports for 4.6.0 about failures of the form > > checking dynamic linker characteristics... configure: error: Link tests are > not allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES. > Unfortunately, on a GNU/Linu

GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES vs. libtool

2011-03-28 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
We have several bug reports for 4.6.0 about failures of the form checking dynamic linker characteristics... configure: error: Link tests are not allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES. http://gcc.gnu.org/PR47836 http://gcc.gnu.org/PR46586 http://gcc.gnu.org/PR45174 http://gcc.gnu.org/PR39107 The pro