GNU logs - #9322, boring messages

Message sent to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-libtool@HIDDEN:

Subject: bug#9322: Linking static libs into shared libs on HP-UX
Resent-From: "Daniel Richard G." <skunk@HIDDEN>
Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Resent-To: owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Resent-CC: bug-libtool@HIDDEN
Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:41:02 +0000
Resent-Message-ID: <handler.9322.B.131368924121467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@HIDDEN
To: 9322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Message-Id: <1313689109.29959.140258131141577@HIDDEN>
From: "Daniel Richard G." <skunk@HIDDEN>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:38:29 -0400
Precedence: list
Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org

Hello,

I am building shared libraries on HP-UX using Libtool 2.4. A large part
of the code in these comes from static libraries (compiled in PIC mode)
specified via *_la_LIBADD in Automake.

This works perfectly on other platforms, but on HP-UX, Libtool
complains with

*** Warning: This system can not link to static lib archive libfoo.la.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library.  But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.

and I end up with very small shared libraries that do not work.

However, if I edit the libtool script to set

    deplibs_check_method=pass_all

then the libraries are linked in without issue, and I get nice, large
shared libraries with no missing symbols.

This is the case for HP-UX on both PA-RISC and Itanium, using the HP
toolchain and linker. (I can provide specific version numbers on any of
these elements if needed.) I think the premise of "This system can not
link to static lib archive" needs to be revisited.

--Daniel

-- 
NAME = Daniel Richard G.     _\|/_    Remember, skunks
MAIL = skunk@HIDDEN     (/o|o\) _- don't smell bad---
MAIL+= skunk@HIDDEN   < (^),>     it's the people who
WWW  = (not there yet!)      /   \      annoy us that do!

Message sent:

Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.427 (Entity 5.427)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
X-Loop: help-debbugs@HIDDEN
From: help-debbugs@HIDDEN (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Daniel Richard G." <skunk@HIDDEN>
Subject: bug#9322: Acknowledgement (Linking static libs into shared libs
 on HP-UX)
Message-ID: <handler.9322.B.131368924121467.ack <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
References: <1313689109.29959.140258131141577@HIDDEN>
X-Gnu-PR-Message: ack 9322
X-Gnu-PR-Package: libtool
Reply-To: 9322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:41:02 +0000

Thank you for filing a new bug report with GNU.

This is an automatically generated reply to let you know your message
has been received.

Your message is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other
interested parties for their attention; they will reply in due course.

Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s):
 bug-libtool@HIDDEN

If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please
send it to 9322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

Please do not send mail to help-debbugs@HIDDEN unless you wish
to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system.

--=20
9322: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D9322
GNU Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs@HIDDEN with problems

Last modified: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:00:02 UTC

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.