Re: pkg/48587: libffi does not build on IRIX

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48587; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/48587: libffi does not build on IRIX
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:54:59 +0000

 On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 02:15:01PM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
  > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 01:55:00PM +0000, Staffan Thomén wrote:
  >>  I seem to get the same response (can't infer, need --tag) when I
  >> try to run libtool manually on NetBSD.
  >>  
  >>  
  >>   % libtool --mode=compile as test.s
  >>  libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
  >>  libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
  >>  
  >>  How is this handled in other packages that have assembly bits?
  >  
  > It is strongly recommented to not run as explicitly, but use ${CC}.
 
 Is it the package or automake that's inserting "as" (or whatever)
 instead of ${CC}?
 
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 David A. Holland
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