[gnuastro-devel] [task #14729] Allow operation with OSX libtool

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?14729>

                 Summary: Allow operation with OSX libtool 
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Fri 17 Nov 2017 12:05:12 PM CET
         Should Start On: Fri 17 Nov 2017 12:00:00 AM CET
   Should be Finished on: Fri 17 Nov 2017 12:00:00 AM CET
                Category: BuildProgram
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: Postponed
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

Mac OSX has its own version of Libtool which is different from GNU's Libtool.
Therefore the Libtool command that BuildProgram runs does not work on Mac OSX.
As a result for the time being, if GNU Libtool is not found on the host,
BuildProgram will not be built and Mac OSX users without GNU Libtool (also
known as `glibtool' on Mac OSX) won't have it as part of Gnuastro.

The call to Libtool should be modified (as much as possible), so it operates
with Mac OSX Libtool also. I am not too familiar with Mac's implementation of
Libtool, so I am not sure if this is possible at all or not. Especially since
Gnuastro's internal GNU Libtool implementation produces the main `.la' file
that BuildProgram passes onto the host's Libtool. But if it is possible, it
would be great to allow Mac OSX users with no GNU Libtool to also benefit from
BuildProgram.




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