Bug 765709 (slibtool)

Summary:	[tracker] Packages failing to build with dev-build/slibtool
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) <polynomial-c>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Felix Janda <felix.janda>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	admnd, alexander, bertrand, lssndrbarbieri, perfect007gentleman, sam
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	Tracker
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://dev.midipix.org/cross/slibtool
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779364 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88596
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	777066, 777084, 777441, 778047, 778479, 778485, 780840, 786102, 789432, 791775, 799842, 800899, 913581, 913630, 913645, 913677, 913678, 913679, 913682, 913695, 913724, 913865, 913924, 914060, 914100, 914150, 914332, 915338, 915360, 915489, 915585, 916374, 916581, 916679, 919364, 919841, 920210, 921112, 921213, 922326, 922599, 923704, 923939, 923943, 923948, 924046, 924047, 924051, 924115, 924143, 924150, 926232, 926365, 926418, 926425, 926514, 927974, 929070, 929073, 931268, 932245, 934470, 934496, 765583, 765706, 765712, 765715, 766680, 766683, 767139, 767160, 767706, 768243, 775161, 775170, 775179, 775185, 775272, 775302, 775305, 775311, 775581, 775584, 775587, 775593, 775596, 775602, 775605, 775614, 775869, 775875, 775878, 775881, 775884, 776583, 776589, 776784, 776973, 776976, 777054, 777060, 777072, 777078, 777087, 777099, 777102, 777291, 777297, 777420, 777444, 777447, 777450, 777804, 777894, 778041, 778050, 778200, 778203, 778206, 778209, 778212, 778215, 778218, 778224, 778227, 778230, 778236, 778239, 778248, 778251, 778260, 778266, 778314, 778317, 778320, 778323, 778329, 778332, 778335, 778338, 778341, 778344, 778371, 778374, 778377, 778383, 778386, 778389, 778407, 778428, 778434, 778461, 778464, 778506, 778512, 778515, 778563, 778566, 778575, 778578, 778581, 778584, 778704, 778746, 778779, 778785, 778788, 778791, 778794, 778881, 778884, 778887, 778893, 778896, 778899, 778905, 778908, 778911, 778914, 778923, 778929, 778962, 778965, 778977, 778980, 778989, 778998, 779001, 779028, 779031, 779034, 779037, 779040, 779046, 779100, 779103, 779106, 779121, 779124, 779127, 779160, 779202, 779406, 779445, 779478, 779481, 779484, 779487, 779526, 779529, 779532, 779664, 779670, 779751, 780018, 780024, 780027, 780033, 780039, 780054, 780060, 780066, 780072, 780372, 780534, 780537, 780657, 780744, 781182, 781899, 781980, 782013, 782055, 782061, 782097, 782118, 782508, 782628, 782631, 782634, 783213, 783216, 783492, 784479, 785232, 785265, 787746, 789405, 789615, 789636, 789711, 789798, 789804, 790140, 790329, 790362, 790614, 790647, 790770, 790812, 791094, 791427, 791451, 791610, 791658, 791679, 791880, 792072, 792198, 792405, 792414, 792435, 792474, 792648, 792759, 792804, 792894, 792969, 793425, 793428, 794976, 795678, 795750, 795819, 797718, 798273, 798654, 798735, 799176, 799221, 799371, 799617, 799755, 800617, 816756, 818535, 820260, 823032, 828492, 829500, 829800, 829802, 830083, 830087, 833836, 836012, 836364, 843416, 843461, 843638, 843749, 844226, 858095, 858671, 858674, 858833, 858836, 890744, 913482, 913484, 913530, 913551, 913562, 913589, 913638, 913642, 913670, 913671, 913681, 913688, 913689, 913694, 913723, 913728, 913732, 913864, 913867, 913899, 914064, 914097, 914237, 914389, 914569, 914573, 915121, 915314, 915966, 916128, 917639, 917640, 919168, 919264, 919573, 920190, 920273, 921214, 922198, 924142, 924291, 924337, 924403, 924404, 924405, 924407, 924408, 924437, 925501, 925555, 926035, 926459, 926512, 927823, 927977, 928063, 928387, 928450, 931269, 934522
Bug Blocks:

Description Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2021-01-17 01:19:29 UTC

To quote slibtool's first paragraph from its README file:

`slibtool` is an independent reimplementation of the widely used libtool,
written in C. `slibtool` is designed to be a clean, fast, easy-to-use
libtool drop-in replacement, and is accordingly aimed at package authors,
distro developers, and system integrators. `slibtool` maintains compatibility
with libtool in nearly every aspect of the tool's functionality as well as
semantics, leaving out (or turning into a no-op) only a small number of
features that are no longer needed on modern systems.


As we all might have experienced the awful inferiority that GNU libtool has, we should consider trying to replace GNU libtool with slibtool. 

This tracker bug should be blocked from all issues arising from slibtool usage for building packages.