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tags for objc and objcxx

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: bug#67754: closed (Re: bug#67754: tags for objc and objcxx)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:52:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#67754: tags for objc and objcxx

which was filed against the libtool package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 67754 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>
To: 67754-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: Re: bug#67754: tags for objc and objcxx
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:51:16 +0200

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The tagging for objc and objcxx has been moved to master [1], so closing.

[1] 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?id=1d871cc45bf13c643c61d3d368b50d7e3455c0b8

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: tags for objc and objcxx
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 11:06:03 -0700

Hi (is there anyone maintaining libtool nowadays? Alex, are you there?) -

I just installed the patch below to Automake, passing the OBJC and
OBJCXX tags to libtool for the respective languages. It would be good if
libtool recognized those tags. 
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=67539

The reason to pass them before being recognized by libtool is to
avoid an immediate fatal error, as explained in that bug.
The libtool manual says (line 2930):
    [...] can't infer
    a tag, then it defaults to the configuration for the @code{C} language.

But clearly this is no longer the case, which seems like a good
thing. Thus I suggest replacing that text with something like:
    [...] can't infer
    a tag, then it exits immediately with a fatal error.

Happy hacking,
Karl

--- a/bin/automake.in
+++ b/bin/automake.in
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ register_language ('name' => 'objc',
 		   'compiler' => 'OBJCCOMPILE',
 		   'compile_flag' => '-c',
 		   'output_flag' => '-o',
+		   'libtool_flag' => 'OBJC',
 		   'lder' => 'OBJCLD',
 		   'ld' => '$(OBJC)',
 		   'pure' => 1,
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@ register_language ('name' => 'objcxx',
 		   'compiler' => 'OBJCXXCOMPILE',
 		   'compile_flag' => '-c',
 		   'output_flag' => '-o',
+		   'libtool_flag' => 'OBJCXX',
 		   'lder' => 'OBJCXXLD',
 		   'ld' => '$(OBJCXX)',
 		   'pure' => 1,

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