Todd Vierling wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Todd Vierling wrote:
> 
> : Could we possibly simplify the deplibs_check_method to something more like
> : the following (in libtool.m4/configure)?  We shouldn't be using file(1), if
> : possible, since its output could easily change between releases and
> : architectures.
> 
> A correction; the original was missing closing brackets and wasn't very m4
> friendly.  This one does a better job at being kind to m4.
> 
> Note that this is not actually tested yet, as I haven't the time to do that
> today, but if you don't attack it shortly, I'll get to it soon after.
> 
> ===
> 
> netbsd*)
> changequote(,)dnl
>   if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | grep __ELF__ > /dev/null; then
>     [lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic ^lib[^\.]\.so$']
>   else
>     [lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic ^lib[^\.]\.so\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$']
>   fi
> changequote([, ])dnl
>   lt_cv_file_magic_cmd='echo'
>   lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=`echo /usr/lib/libc.so*`
>   ;;
> 

This seems like a very good idea. Shame I didn't think of it ;-) I'll
race you to see who does it first...

Nick
-- 
aka skrll@netbsd.org, skrll@excite.co.uk