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Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:

> /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -o libltdlc.la   ltdl.lo -ldl 
> rm -fr .libs/libltdlc.la .libs/lib.* .libs/lib.*
> ar cru 
> Usage: ar [-X32_64] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV] [member-name] [count] archive-file file...

It appears that this may be because ./libtool is being created with
what looks like improper quoting.  Near the top of the file we have

  # Commands used to build and install an old-style archive.
  RANLIB="ranlib"
  old_archive_cmds="$AR cru $oldlib$oldobjs~$RANLIB $oldlib"
  old_postinstall_cmds="$RANLIB $oldlib~chmod 644 $oldlib"

Note the double quotes around the variable values.  This causes
$oldlib to be expanded only once, during libtool initialization,
rather than whenever it's used.  Changing the double-quotes to single
quotes fixes this problem, but then there's the gcc problem later on
which I suspect is related.

Does this ring any bells with anyone?  I'm trying to figure out where
the mistranslation is.  Is ltmain.sh doing the wrong thing when
generating ./libtool, or has something changed in one of our other
tools?

Thanks

-- 
Rob Browning
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Previously @cs.utexas.edu
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