Changeset 91c8848d

Timestamp:

09/16/2024 07:03:33 PM (3 days ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/mips64el

Children:

5373af3

Parents:

7b85e11

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (09/15/2024 09:42:24 AM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (09/16/2024 07:03:33 PM)

Message:

mips64el: chapter06/xz: Work around a libtool bug

Files:

• chapter06/xz.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/xz.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/xz.xml

@@ -50 +50 @@
             --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
             --disable-static                  \
+            ac_cv_prog_FILECMD=file           \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
+
+      <!-- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?id=9a4a02615c9e -->
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>ac_cv_prog_FILECMD=file</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Works around an issue in the shipped libtool copy causing
+          the configure script fail to find the <command>file</command>
+          command of the host distro.  The issue is harmless for most
+          architectures, but it can make
+          <parameter>--disable-static</parameter> ineffective for
+          MIPS.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+
 
    <para>Compile the package:</para>

chapter08/xz.xml

@@ -53 +53 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr    \
             --disable-static \
+            ac_cv_prog_FILECMD=file \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;</userinput></screen>