From unknown Tue Jun 17 03:39:36 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#11871 <11871@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#11871 <11871@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: "libtoolize -f" does not force links over real files. Reply-To: bug#11871 <11871@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:39:36 +0000 retitle 11871 "libtoolize -f" does not force links over real files. reassign 11871 libtool submitter 11871 Marko Lindqvist severity 11871 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jul 06 17:40:27 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2012 21:40:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53353 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGGJ-00017D-5D for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:40:27 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37349) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGGH-000176-0s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:40:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGBP-0001xT-HL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:24 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:41895) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGBP-0001xH-C9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37535) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGBN-0004o5-T0 for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGBM-0001vO-6s for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:21 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:62490) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnGBM-0001up-02 for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:20 -0400 Received: by yenr5 with SMTP id r5so10530384yen.0 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:35:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=4X1of/i1ohA9ceFSF8Cihm7rXbDxdaZ7fTYv9UYSpTE=; b=VDgtHk6dFbgDFU/+L+ofLbntp4slC6KfcluU3iuyqnjulCu0iuCfMJgwFZiFr44RHA Cj4Avm7Bna/ilVbP59dqtHb4jTBi1HppU6tKAVyVcxqpIitbyJJ9+r9HPCfZTMEdoHQA s6ZxEgYJepEqzGCoSaavncYWA1alLZk8OnuD9p55yRIoFRBSkFXYmTNamFO5WQYXT8Hi iJUo/Nb89Kr4xraDdtrK80SQrRCgmxB8+33fXQ7ZF2Vt/iDz1+wvE/MmSqIiHWQyGW81 gBzyUdJOWip2yYqpzeshkQWWuJyJmVaCpu9KnH9SHj1bqPkLx6HhUK3NWc+z0XhRuqID LFxQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.94.133 with SMTP id dc5mr3556262igb.16.1341610517270; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.127.197 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 14:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:35:17 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: "libtoolize -f" does not force links over real files. From: Marko Lindqvist To: bug-libtool@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) We invoke libtoolize with single parameter "-f"; so it is supposed to force creation of symbolic links. I made tarball ('make dist') to which real files went instead of would-be-broken-in-target symbolic links. However, 'make dist' machine having libtool 2.4.2 and target machine having 2.4 resulted in failure in simple "./configure && make" so I had to run also libtoolize there. Build failure persistet after "libtoolize -f", and went away only when I did "libtoolize -fc" - ML