GNU bug report logs - #60731
configure does not check for space behind "-l"

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Package: libtool;

Reported by: Christian Weiss <Christian.Weiss <at> EMEA.NEC.COM>

Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: Christian.Weiss <at> EMEA.NEC.COM
Cc: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org, 60731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60731: configure does not check for space behind "-l"
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:11:36 -0700

Hi Christian - thanks for the report.

        -L* | -R* | -l*)
           # Some compilers place space between "-{L,R}" and the path.
           # Remove the space.
           if test $p = "-L" ||
              test $p = "-R"; then

From the case label, it seems clear that -l was intended to be
supported and simply missed from the if statement. 

However, this code is in libtool[.m4], not automake. Attempting to
reassign the bug there. I don't know if debbugs will send mail to the
new list, so explicitly cc-ing bug-libtool. (Hope we don't end up with
two bug numbers.) --best, karl.
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