libtool: Fix local testing of shared libraries on OpenBSD

On OpenBSD 7.5, the shared library cache is updated with finish_cmds,
which causes the test for 'Use local version' to fail. Simply, installed
versions of shared libraries take precedence over those locally built.

To ensure local versions of shared libraries can be tested properly and
more easily, additional options have been added to libtool to skip
executing finish_cmds, like 'ldconfig -m $libdir' in OpenBSD.

* build-aux/ltmain.in: Add libtool options, '--test' and '--check'.
* doc/libtool.texi: Document new options in libtool.
* NEWS: Update for bug fix.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 96b79902a20c57a5da146697a1234be83e74a034..28e4ecbc4a3c712b1b47c129f1e88165587806ad 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** New features:
+
+  - New libtool command line flags, --test and --check, to skip executing
+    finish_cmds that would alter the shared library cache during testing.
+
 ** Bug fixes:
 
   - Fix incorrect use of workarounds designed for Darwin versions that

diff --git a/build-aux/ltmain.in b/build-aux/ltmain.in
index 83aaaf92a7c4fe1fb1fde0b1af30c2e2dd529783..83f1ad4f0a2cbff47ef95a7fb926132af4103634 100644 (file)
--- a/build-aux/ltmain.in
+++ b/build-aux/ltmain.in
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ libtool_options_prep ()
     opt_mode=
     opt_preserve_dup_deps=false
     opt_quiet=false
+    opt_testing=true
 
     nonopt=
     preserve_args=
@@ -507,6 +508,11 @@ libtool_parse_options ()
                         func_append preserve_args " $_G_opt"
                         ;;
 
+        --test|--check)
+                        opt_testing=false
+                        func_append preserve_args " $_G_opt"
+                        ;;
+
         # An option not handled by this hook function:
         *)              set dummy "$_G_opt" ${1+"$@"} ; shift
                         _G_match_lt_parse_options=false
@@ -2144,7 +2150,7 @@ func_mode_finish ()
       fi
     fi
 
-    if test -n "$finish_cmds$finish_eval" && test -n "$libdirs"; then
+    if test -n "$finish_cmds$finish_eval" && test -n "$libdirs" && $opt_testing; then
       for libdir in $libdirs; do
        if test -n "$finish_cmds"; then
          # Do each command in the finish commands.
@@ -2169,6 +2175,12 @@ func_mode_finish ()
       for libdir in $libdirs; do
        $ECHO "   $libdir"
       done
+      if test "false" = "$opt_testing"; then
+        echo
+        echo "NOTE: finish_cmds were not executed during testing, so you must"
+        echo "manually run ldconfig to add a given test directory, LIBDIR, to"
+        echo "the search path for generated executables."
+      fi
       echo
       echo "If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries"
       echo "in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and"

diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi
index 803c90aaf2364bf7c59bec884d2e457bbbb10125..484077ff533745e61ca56e945d8a3e341e1da745 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/libtool.texi
+++ b/doc/libtool.texi
@@ -1272,6 +1272,12 @@ stripped or the link will fail.  In cases where these duplications are
 required, this option will preserve them, only stripping the libraries
 that libtool knows it can safely.
 
+@item --test
+@itemx --check
+Do not execute finish_cmds (disabled by default). This option is for
+specifying that the testsuite is executing so that ldconfig will not alter
+the shared library cache, which is an issue observed on OpenBSD 7.5.
+
 @item --quiet
 @itemx --silent
 Do not print out any progress or informational messages.
@@ -6855,7 +6861,8 @@ shell does not support the shell option @code{nocaseglob}, making
 
 @defvar finish_cmds
 Commands to tell the dynamic linker how to find shared libraries in a
-specific directory.
+specific directory. These commands can be disabled during testing local
+changes with @option{--test} or @option{--check}.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar finish_eval