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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/tests/havelib/README b/gnulib/tests/havelib/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..add09ad --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/tests/havelib/README @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Tests for config.rpath and lib-link.m4. + +rpath-1 w + | + +---- a = static, b = shared + +rpath-2 u v w + | | | + | | +---- a = static/static, b = static/shared, + | | c = shared/static, d = shared/shared. + | | + | +------ a = all libraries and the program have the same prefix, + | b = the libraries are in different directories. + | + +-------- a = all shared libraries use the libtool *.la files for + resolving dependencies, b = dependencies are given as + AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS argument instead. + +rpath-3 u v w + | | | + | | +---- a = static/static/static, b = static/static/shared, + | | c = static/shared/static, d = static/shared/shared, + | | e = shared/static/static, f = shared/static/shared, + | | g = shared/shared/static, h = shared/shared/shared. + | | + | +------ a = all libraries and the program have the same prefix, + | b = the libraries are in different directories. + | + +-------- a = all shared libraries use the libtool *.la files for + resolving dependencies, b = dependencies are given as + AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS argument instead. + +The rpath-2* tests are sensitive to + - incomplete shared library support in the system, + - bugs in libtool that creates the shared libraries, + - bugs in lib-link.m4. + +The rpath-3* tests are sensitive to + - incomplete shared library support in the system, + - bugs in libtool that creates the shared libraries. + +Known failures: + +* On all platforms supporting shared libraries, + rpath-3aae rpath-3aag + rpath-3abe rpath-3abg + fail. This is a libtool 1.4.2 bug: When a shared library depends on a + static library indirectly through two different dependency paths, + libtool attempts to link together invalid sets of object files. + +* OSF/1 4.0: the tests + rpath-2bbd + rpath-3bbd rpath-3bbf rpath-3bbg rpath-3bbh + fail, because -rpath options are not cumulative: + The last -rpath option overrides all previous ones. One would need to + pass all directories, separated by colons, in a single -rpath option. + +* On Linux/x86_64: the tests + rpath-2aac rpath-2abc rpath-2bac rpath-2bbc + rpath-3aac rpath-3aaf rpath-3abc rpath-3abf + rpath-3bac rpath-3bae rpath-3baf rpath-3bag + rpath-3bbc rpath-3bbe rpath-3bbf rpath-3bbg + fail, because code from static libraries not compiled with -fPIC cannot + be integrated into shared libraries: linker error about relocations. + +* Solaris: the tests + rpath-3bae rpath-3bbe + rpath-3aaf rpath-3abf + rpath-3baf rpath-3bbf + fail, because code from static libraries not compiled with -fPIC cannot + be integrated into shared libraries: linker error "Text relocation remains". + +* Cygwin: The tests + rpath-2aac rpath-2abc + rpath-3aac rpath-3aaf + rpath-3abc rpath-3abf + fail. |