Re: [PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-09-09 Thread Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches
On 21 Jul 2021, Alan Modra uttered the following: > On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 08:03:45PM +0100, Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches wrote: >> >>> PR libctf/27482 >> >>> * libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): Try BSDization flags with a user-provided >> > >> > Changes to libtool need to be posted to the libtool project

Re: [PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-07-21 Thread Alan Modra via Gcc-patches
On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 08:03:45PM +0100, Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches wrote: > On 7 Jul 2021, Nick Clifton told this: > > > Hi Nick, > > > >> Ping? > > > > Oops. > > I sent a bunch of pings out at the same time, to a bunch of different > projects. You are the only person to respond, so thank you!

Re: [PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-07-07 Thread Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches
On 7 Jul 2021, Nick Clifton told this: > Hi Nick, > >> Ping? > > Oops. I sent a bunch of pings out at the same time, to a bunch of different projects. You are the only person to respond, so thank you! >>> PR libctf/27482 >>> * libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): Try BSDization flags with a user-pro

Re: [PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-07-07 Thread Nick Clifton via Gcc-patches
Hi Nick, Ping? Oops. PR libctf/27482 * libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): Try BSDization flags with a user-provided Changes to libtool need to be posted to the libtool project: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ They have mailing lists for bug reports and patch submissions. O

Re: [PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-07-06 Thread Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches
Ping? On 25 Jun 2021, Nick Alcock via Binutils said this: > Libtool needs to get BSD-format (or MS-format) output out of the system > nm, so that it can scan generated object files for symbol names for > -export-symbols-regex support. Some nms need specific flags to turn on > BSD-formatted outpu

[PATCH 2/4 REVIEW] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2021-06-25 Thread Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches
Libtool needs to get BSD-format (or MS-format) output out of the system nm, so that it can scan generated object files for symbol names for -export-symbols-regex support. Some nms need specific flags to turn on BSD-formatted output, so libtool checks for this in its AC_PATH_NM. Unfortunately the c