From unknown Tue Sep 09 22:29:06 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#15823 <15823@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#15823 <15823@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: default --tag does not work as documented Reply-To: bug#15823 <15823@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:29:06 +0000 retitle 15823 default --tag does not work as documented reassign 15823 libtool submitter 15823 Stefan Fritsch severity 15823 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 06 12:41:31 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Nov 2013 17:41:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37708 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve76g-0005Nw-EZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:41:30 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59057) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve745-0005JC-OB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73v-00006B-63 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:44 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:38560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73v-000067-32 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:39 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73q-0005XQ-6o for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73l-00005S-EV for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:34 -0500 Received: from eru.sfritsch.de ([188.40.99.202]:41185) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73l-00005J-8r for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:38:29 -0500 Received: from [10.1.1.6] (helo=k.localnet) by eru.sfritsch.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve73i-0001co-7d for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:38:26 +0100 From: Stefan Fritsch To: bug-libtool@gnu.org Subject: default --tag does not work as documented Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:38:25 +0100 Message-ID: <26114583.SYLUhqUx0h@k> User-Agent: KMail/4.10.5 (Linux/3.11-1-amd64; KDE/4.10.5; x86_64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:41:28 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hi, the libtool documentation [1] says: "When no tag is specified, libtool will default to CC; this tag always exists." But this is not what libtool does. Depending on the libtool configuration, the --tag parameter seems to be necessary, resulting in the "unable to infer tagged configuration" error. See, e.g. the bug report at [2]. Please either - fix libtool, or - document when exactly --tag is required Cheers, Stefan [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html#Tags [2] https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47691