libtoolize

Simon Peyton-Jones simonpj at microsoft.com
Fri Mar 1 19:00:38 CET 2013


| Is it installed in the same "system path" as autoreconf?
| The kind of cryptic error message usually pops up when autoreconf can't
| find libtool (and other autotools) in the same "system path".

I have no idea.  How would I find out?

S

| -----Original Message-----
| From: dosreis at gmail.com [mailto:dosreis at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Gabriel
| Dos Reis
| Sent: 01 March 2013 17:57
| To: Simon Peyton-Jones
| Cc: Simon Marlow; ghc-devs at haskell.org
| Subject: Re: libtoolize
| 
| On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones
| <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
| > I get this:
| >
| > libtool --version
| > libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2
| > Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <gord at gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996
| >
| > Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
| > is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
| PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
| > simonpj at cam-05-unx:~$
| >
| >
| > So presumably it's installed
| 
| Is it installed in the same "system path" as autoreconf?
| The kind of cryptic error message usually pops up when autoreconf can't
| find libtool (and other autotools) in the same "system path".
| 
| -- Gaby
| 
| >
| > Simon
| >
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: dosreis at gmail.com [mailto:dosreis at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
| > | Gabriel Dos Reis
| > | Sent: 01 March 2013 12:00
| > | To: Simon Peyton-Jones
| > | Cc: Simon Marlow; ghc-devs at haskell.org
| > | Subject: Re: libtoolize
| > |
| > | On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones
| > | <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
| > | > Yes, it's on Linux, cam-05-unx.  Happy to run experiments to
| > | elucidate.
| > |
| > | Do you have libtool installed?
| > | libffi has a dependency on libtool.
| > |
| > | -- Gaby
| > |
| > | >
| > | > Simon
| > | >
| > | > | -----Original Message-----
| > | > | From: Simon Marlow [mailto:marlowsd at gmail.com]
| > | > | Sent: 01 March 2013 08:55
| > | > | To: Simon Peyton-Jones
| > | > | Cc: Karel Gardas; ghc-devs at haskell.org
| > | > | Subject: Re: libtoolize
| > | > |
| > | > | I'm also puzzled about why this has started to happen for you.
| > | > | It hasn't happened for me, but I have libtool installed.  We
| > | > | don't use libtool in GHC.
| > | > |
| > | > | Is this on Linux?
| > | > |
| > | > | Cheers,
| > | > |       Simon
| > | > |
| > | > | On 27/02/13 11:20, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
| > | > | > Is this new?  Does it matter?  Can I ignore it?  Does everyone
| > | > | > now
| > | > | need to install a new tool?
| > | > | >
| > | > | > I'm not sure how to "install libtool on my linux".
| > | > | >
| > | > | > (I thought we'd been using libtool, whatever it is, for years,
| > | > | > so I'm puzzled why this has just started to happen.)
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Simon
| > | > | >
| > | > | > |  -----Original Message-----
| > | > | > |  From: Karel Gardas [mailto:karel.gardas at centrum.cz]
| > | > | > |  Sent: 27 February 2013 11:18
| > | > | > |  To: Simon Peyton-Jones
| > | > | > |  Subject: Re: libtoolize
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |  Simon,
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |  those messages should go away if you install libtool
| > | > | > | package on
| > | > | your linux.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |  Cheers,
| > | > | > |  Karel
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |  On 02/27/13 11:17 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
| > | > | > |  > I've started to get this when I say "sh validate". What's
| up?
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Simon
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Booting .
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at  >
| > | > | > | /usr/bin/autoreconf line 196.
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
| > | > | > | /usr/bin/autoreconf  > line 196.
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Booting libraries/base/
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at  >
| > | > | > | /usr/bin/autoreconf line 196.
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
| > | > | > | /usr/bin/autoreconf  > line 196.
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  >
| > | > | > |  >
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