Re: Ordering of AM_PROG_GCJ and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL should be enforced

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Hi,

Can this problem be fixed by changing AC_PROG_LIBTOOL?

Tom

On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 18:37, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Thomas" == Thomas Fitzsimmons <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  Thomas> Hi,
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  Thomas> If AC_PROG_LIBTOOL appears before AM_PROG_GCJ in configure.ac, then
>  Thomas> libtool fails to run gcj properly, with errors like this:
> 
>  Thomas> libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
>  Thomas> libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
> 
>  Thomas> AM_PROG_GCJ should include a call to AC_BEFORE so that a warning is
>  Thomas> issued when these macros appear in the wrong order.
> 
> It seems to me AC_PROG_LIBTOOL contains all the necessary
> machinery to solve this ordering matter.  So if something change
> with the order, I'd say it's a Libtool bug.
> 
> Automake should not have to keep track of every third-party
> macro that depend on its.  Similarly Autoconf do not call
> AC_BEFORE in AC_PROG_CXX and AC_PROG_F77.