From: Guido Draheim Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:34:30 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * ltmain.in: Display better and different error messages when X-Git-Tag: release-1-4-3~40 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=19b396fcd9185e0437c8fb9770a9b2eec917c2b0;p=thirdparty%2Flibtool.git * ltmain.in: Display better and different error messages when library linkage fails in various ways. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f6b1b535f..5292c7207 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-11-15 Guido Draheim + + * ltmain.in: Display better and different error messages when + library linkage fails in various ways. + 2001-10-28 Gary V. Vaughan From Tom Bates : diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in index e65d75eef..a87699771 100644 --- a/ltmain.in +++ b/ltmain.in @@ -1461,10 +1461,12 @@ compiler." lib) if test "$deplibs_check_method" != pass_all; then echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $deplib." + echo "*** Warning: Trying to link with static lib archive $deplib." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" - echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." + echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have" + echo "*** because the file extensions .$libext of this argument makes me believe" + echo "*** that it is just a static archive that I should not used here." else echo echo "*** Warning: Linking the shared library $output against the" @@ -1926,13 +1928,14 @@ compiler." # Just print a warning and add the library to dependency_libs so # that the program can be linked against the static library. echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $lib." + echo "*** Warning: This system can not link to static lib archive $lib." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." if test "$module" = yes; then - echo "*** Therefore, libtool will create a static module, that should work " - echo "*** as long as the dlopening application is linked with the -dlopen flag." + echo "*** But as you try to build a module library, libtool will still create " + echo "*** a static module, that should work as long as the dlopening application" + echo "*** is linked with the -dlopen flag to resolve symbols at runtime." if test -z "$global_symbol_pipe"; then echo echo "*** However, this would only work if libtool was able to extract symbol" @@ -2507,10 +2510,12 @@ EOF else droppeddeps=yes echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $i." + echo "*** Warning: dynamic linker does not accept needed library $i." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" - echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." + echo "*** shared version of the library, which I believe you do not have" + echo "*** because a test_compile did reveal that the linker did not use it for" + echo "*** its dynamic dependency list that programs get resolved with at runtime." fi else newdeplibs="$newdeplibs $i" @@ -2537,10 +2542,12 @@ EOF else droppeddeps=yes echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $i." + echo "*** Warning: dynamic linker does not accept needed library $i." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" - echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." + echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have" + echo "*** because a test_compile did reveal that the linker did not use this one" + echo "*** as a dynamic dependency that programs can get resolved with at runtime." fi else droppeddeps=yes @@ -2597,10 +2604,17 @@ EOF if test -n "$a_deplib" ; then droppeddeps=yes echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $a_deplib." + echo "*** Warning: linker path does not have real file for library $a_deplib." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" - echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." + echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have" + echo "*** because I did check the linker path looking for a file starting" + if test -z "$potlib" ; then + echo "*** with $libname but no candidates were found. (...for file magic test)" + else + echo "*** with $libname and none of the candidates passed a file format test" + echo "*** using a file magic. Last file checked: $potlib" + fi fi else # Add a -L argument. @@ -2619,6 +2633,7 @@ EOF for i in $lib_search_path $sys_lib_search_path $shlib_search_path; do potential_libs=`ls $i/$libname[.-]* 2>/dev/null` for potent_lib in $potential_libs; do + potlib="$potent_lib" # see symlink-check below in file_magic test if eval echo \"$potent_lib\" 2>/dev/null \ | sed 10q \ | egrep "$match_pattern_regex" > /dev/null; then @@ -2631,10 +2646,17 @@ EOF if test -n "$a_deplib" ; then droppeddeps=yes echo - echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $a_deplib." + echo "*** Warning: linker path does not have real file for library $a_deplib." echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when" echo "*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a" - echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have." + echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have" + echo "*** because I did check the linker path looking for a file starting" + if test -z "$potlib" ; then + echo "*** with $libname but no candidates were found. (...for regex pattern test)" + else + echo "*** with $libname and none of the candidates passed a file format test" + echo "*** using a regex pattern. Last file checked: $potlib" + fi fi else # Add a -L argument.