Re: libx11 1.2 problems (dolt vs. libtool)

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

On 29-05-09 08:38, Jeremy Lainé wrote:
> Since libx11 was upgraded to 1.2, my libx11 builds are failing with:
>
> | ../../../doltlibtool: line 17:
> /home/oebuilder/oe/build/tmp/work/ppce300c3-angstrom-linux/libx11-1_1.2-r0/libX11-1.2/modules/im/ximcp/../../../libtool:
> No such file or directory
> | ../../../doltlibtool: line 17: exec:
> /home/oebuilder/oe/build/tmp/work/ppce300c3-angstrom-linux/libx11-1_1.2-r0/libX11-1.2/modules/im/ximcp/../../../libtool:
> cannot execute: No suchfile or directory
>
> It would seem I am not the only one with this problem:
>
> http://tinderbox.openembedded.net/packages/libx11/
>
> The problem is that the "dolibtool" script (see http://dolt.freedesktop.org) is trying to
> invoke the "libtool" script which it assumes lives in the base directory. However in OE
> the libtool script is called ${HOST_SYS}-libtool, so it is not being found.
>
> For now I am working around the problem with the following patch, but I suspect this is
> going to crop up in other packages sooner or later:

Powerpc is in the dolt whitelist (upstream, not OE), we already see this 
problem with webkit, and solve it in the exact same way.

regards,

Koen