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Bug 41140

Summary: There is a known bug in Gnu Libtool version 1.4.3 which remains unpatch or unfixed in libtool-1.4.3-r3.ebuild
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Nimrod A. Abing <nimrod>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: foser (RETIRED) <foser>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Nimrod A. Abing 2004-02-10 10:53:53 UTC
Emerging ebuilds that update the autotools files using 

libtoolize -f -c
aclocal
autoconf

emake fails. See reproducibility below for an example of an ebuild that triggers this bug.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Be sure to have libtool-1.4.3-r3 installed.
2. # emerge fam
3.

Actual Results:  
emake fails with the following errors (last few lines):

rm -fr .libs/libfam.la .libs/libfam.* .libs/libfam.*
g++ "{ global:" > .libs/libfam.ver
g++: { global:: No such file or directory
g++: no input files
make[2]: *** [libfam.la] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fam-2.7.0/work/fam-2.7.0/lib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fam-2.7.0/work/fam-2.7.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 
!!! ERROR: app-admin/fam-2.7.0 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 418, Exitcode 2
!!! emake failed


Expected Results:  
emerge/emake should have succeeded with no problems.

Please see the following references:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/garnome-list/2003-August/msg00070.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/garnome-list/2003-August/msg00073.html
Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-11 03:53:44 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41201 ***