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error message improvement: "only absolute run-paths are allowed"

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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#71595: closed (error message improvement: "only absolute
 run-paths are allowed")
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:02:02 +0000

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regarding error message improvement: "only absolute run-paths are allowed"
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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: error message improvement: "only absolute run-paths are allowed"
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:06:16 -0600

With a libtool invocation like this (comes from the Automake test
instdir-ltlib.sh, which is intentionally testing empty directory values):

/bin/sh ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link cc  -g -O2   -o libfoo.la -rpath  libfoo.lo  

libtool reports:

libtool:   error: only absolute run-paths are allowed

I gather the problem is a missing argument to -rpath, which I see
reported in several places over the years.

I suggest that it would be clearer if the error message included the
offending option and argument, as in:

libtool: error: argument to -rpath is not absolute: libfoo.lo

(I also don't understand why there are three spaces
after "libtool:" instead of one, but whatever.) --thanks, karl.

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From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>
To: 71595-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: Re: bug#71595: error message improvement: "only absolute run-paths
 are allowed"
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 17:00:15 +0300

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On 03/07/2024 01:24, Karl Berry wrote:
>      attached patch with a rework of the wording for the second case.
> 
> Looks perfect to me.

I am glad! I have applied it to development:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?h=development&id=f5a7acee1db1b785ec2506e89026fb46ebd518a8

>      Here is the relevant commit for why the spacing was added:
>      ...
>      https://github.com/gnulib-modules/bootstrap/issues/33
> 
> I can see the point, and no improvement is apparent. It still seems an
> unfortunate outcome, but certainly not worth any of us spending more
> time on it :).
> 
> Thanks Ileana! So glad you've started looking after libtool. --best, karl.

Thank you for your bug reports! I am happy to help and continue to learn
more from experienced hackers :)

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