[sane-devel] Re: Darwin/MacOSX

[Sergey Vlasov]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 15:15:21 +0100, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
> > +++ sane-backends-1.0.9/backend/Makefile.in     Sun Nov 24 19:40:38 2002
> > @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
> >  libsane-%.la: %.lo %-s.lo $(EXTRA) $(LIBOBJS)
> >         @$(LIBTOOL) $(MLINK) $(CC) -export-dynamic -o $@ $($*_LIBS) \
> >         $(LDFLAGS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $^ -rpath $(libsanedir) \
> > -       -version-info $(V_MAJOR):$(V_REV):$(V_MINOR)
> > +       -version-info $(V_MAJOR):$(V_REV):$(V_MINOR) -module
> 
> What's the meaning of "-module"? Is it a flag for gcc, ld or libtool?

It is a libtool flag - it tells that we are linking a module for dynamic
loading (and not a shared library for using with ld ... -lsomething).

> > +++ sane-backends-1.0.9/configure       Sun Nov 24 19:40:38 2002
> > @@ -6571,7 +6571,7 @@
> >      #        cross-compilation, but unfortunately the echo tests do not
> >      #        yet detect zsh echo's removal of \ escapes.  Also zsh 
> > mangles
> >      #       `"' quotes if we put them in here... so don't!
> > -    archive_cmds='$nonopt $(test .$module = .yes && echo -bundle || 
> > echo -dynamiclib) $allow_undefined_flag -o $lib $libobjs 
> > $deplibs$linker_flags -install_name $rpath/$soname $verstring'
> > +    archive_cmds='$nonopt $(test .$module = .yes && echo -bundle || 
> > echo -dynamiclib) $allow_undefined_flag -o $lib $libobjs 
> > $deplibs$linker_flags $(test .$module = .yes || (echo -install_name 
> > $rpath/$soname $verstring))'
> 
> I guess this should be fixed in libtool. If it already is, I'll try to
> use a new libtool version in sane-backends.

And, BTW, 'info autoconf' (Portable Shell) tells that $(...) must not be
used - many shells don't support it (including the latest Solaris one).