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incorrect "cannot install XXX to a directory not ending in YYY"

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24871: closed (incorrect "cannot install XXX to a directory
 not ending in YYY")
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:34:01 +0000

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From: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu <at> sbcglobal.net>
To: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: incorrect "cannot install XXX to a directory not ending in YYY"
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 20:47:25 -0400

I believe I've found a bug in libtool:

	$ libtool --tag=CC --mode=install install -D libfail.la /tmp/lib/libfail.la
	libtool:   error: error: cannot install 'libfail.la' to a directory not ending in /tmp/lib/

When the install directory clearly does end in the required string.

I belive that this is a duplicate of a previous message that was never resolved:
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2009-12/msg00001.html

But, unlike the previous message, I have a minimal test case!

	# build the first library
	echo > pass.c
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -c -o pass.lo pass.c
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=link    cc -o libpass.la -rpath /tmp/lib/ pass.lo
	
	# build a second library (that will fail to install)
	echo > fail.c
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile cc -c -o fail.lo fail.c
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=link    cc -o libfail.la -rpath /tmp/lib/ fail.lo libpass.la
	
	# try to install them
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=install install -D libpass.la /tmp/lib/libpass.la
	libtool --tag=CC --mode=install install -D libfail.la /tmp/lib/libfail.la

libpass will install fine, but libfail will fail to install, with the
error message I posted at the top.

I am using libtool 2.4.5 on an x86_64 GNU/Linux box (Parabola
GNU/Linux-libre; similar to Arch Linux):

	$ pacman -Q libtool
	libtool 2.4.6-6

	$ libtool --version
	libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
	Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996
	
	Copyright (C) 2014 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.

The error occurs both with the system `libtool`, and
`./configure`-generated libtool.

I have not tried using libtool build from git.

-- 
Happy hacking,
~ Luke Shumaker

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From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>
To: 24871-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu <at> sbcglobal.net>
Subject: bug#24871: incorrect "cannot install XXX to a directory not ending in
 YYY"
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:31:42 +0300

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Thank you for submitting a bug report! A patch has been applied to the
development branch fixing this:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?h=development&id=b3839cb99be0f8231f836f55f62be765a9aefde3

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Ileana Dumitrescu

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