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Subject: [bug#27848] guix: build-system: gnu: Avoid warnings from "libtool
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Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I=E2=80=99m not too keen on this approach, in large part because I=E2=80=
=99ve got used
>> to the =E2=80=9Cldconfig not found=E2=80=9D messages,
>
> It's OK if you know, but I assume it's common for newbies to see it and
> waste time, as at least two of us did.

Yeah, I see.

>> but also because a simple change
>> like this can create more problems than what it solves: packages where
>> the =E2=80=9Clibtool=E2=80=9D script lives in a different directory, pac=
kages where
>> =E2=80=9Clibtool=E2=80=9D is a different thing, packages where it=E2=80=
=99s read-only or where
>> it=E2=80=99s a directory, etc.
>
> OK, but I thought the common case of it at top level was worth fixing.
> I guess you could check it's really a libtool script before editing it.
>
> However, is there a good reason not to provide a dummy ldconfig which
> does nothing, or prints a message about not doing anything?

I=E2=80=99d think it=E2=80=99s safer to just not provide it at all.

Ludo=E2=80=99.