Hi,
The vast majority of libtool-based programs use configure script to
generate libtool. However, a few non-autoconf packages also use libtool
by calling system-installed /usr/bin/libtool. The problem is that this
libtool hardcodes the values of CC/CXX at its' build time, so unless it
is rebuilt frequently, packages end up using the stale values.
The problem is known since 2005 [1] and hasn't been resolved yet.
I can think of two ways of solving it:
1. We could patch system-installed libtool to respect environment
variables such as CC, CXX, etc. This will probably require carrying
a (possibly non-trivial) patch forever. On the bright side, libtool is
not exactly a package seeing frequent releases. I mean, the current
version is from 2015.
2. We could regenerate libtool and force local instance of libtool
in the packages needing it. The main advantage of this is that it's
a no-brainer. I could make a quick eclass that does configure a local
instance and prepends it into PATH.
WDYT?
[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/88596
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Best regards,
Micha? Górny
The vast majority of libtool-based programs use configure script to
generate libtool. However, a few non-autoconf packages also use libtool
by calling system-installed /usr/bin/libtool. The problem is that this
libtool hardcodes the values of CC/CXX at its' build time, so unless it
is rebuilt frequently, packages end up using the stale values.
The problem is known since 2005 [1] and hasn't been resolved yet.
I can think of two ways of solving it:
1. We could patch system-installed libtool to respect environment
variables such as CC, CXX, etc. This will probably require carrying
a (possibly non-trivial) patch forever. On the bright side, libtool is
not exactly a package seeing frequent releases. I mean, the current
version is from 2015.
2. We could regenerate libtool and force local instance of libtool
in the packages needing it. The main advantage of this is that it's
a no-brainer. I could make a quick eclass that does configure a local
instance and prepends it into PATH.
WDYT?
[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/88596
--
Best regards,
Micha? Górny