libtool 1.4.2

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi Benny,

I think the problem with sed is specifically with 1.4.2. Not earlier,
not later :)

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 19:33, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> On Fri, 28, Feb 2003, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> 
> > Hi Benny,
> 
> Hello Oliver,
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 19:06, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > > > (libtool 1.4.2 doesn't set "SED" variable which causes the configure
> > > > script to fail)
> > > 
> > > Which module?
> > 
> > The libtool script itself fails. It's a known referenced problem as it
> > seems.
> 
> Oh, I didn't know that.
> 
> I was going to settle all modules to libtool 1.4a (1.641.2.255 2001/05/22
> 10:39:30), because this version is know to work on most plattforms, whereas
> newer libtool versions may cause trouble on several plattforms.
> There was a discussion in NetBSD's pkgsrc some time ago to update libtool,
> but it was stated, that this would break lots of packages on for example
> NetBSD and Solaris.
> 
> I also realized, that libtool version 1.4.2 (1.922.2.54 2001/09/11 03:33:37),
> as it was used in most modules before (and is still used in e.g. xffm)
> failed several times for me, caused by errors in shell scripts. So I
> thought it'd be better to have a stable and well tested libtool version.
> 
> What about thes "SED"-problem? Does it break the build of any of the
> updated modules (libxfcegui4, libxfce4mcs, xfce-mcs-{manager,plugins})?
> 
> If you want me to, I'll undo the changes and settle the modules back to
> using libtool 1.4.2 (1.922.2.54 2001/09/11 03:33:37). Sorry, I should
> have asked before I commit such a change.
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org>
> 
> regards,
> Benedikt
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