[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-443170 ] Tcl fails to compile on FreeBSD 2.2.x

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Bugs item #443170, was opened at 2001-07-20 12:18
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Category: Configure and Build Tools
Group: 8.3.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Lloyd Lim (lloydlim)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Tcl fails to compile on FreeBSD 2.2.x

Initial Comment:
Tcl fails to compile on our FreeBSD 2.2.5, 2.2.6, and 2.2.7 machines.  The error printed is:

cc  tclAppInit.o -L/n/bmrca/users/lim/src/mash-code/tcl8.3/unix -ltcl83 -lm -lc
 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -o tclsh
ld: /usr/local/lib: malformed input file (not rel or archive)
*** Error code 1

Stop.

The message is kind of confusing.  The problem is that ld does not support the -rpath option.  
After watching configure and examining tcl.m4, these machines have dlfcn.h but do not have ELF.

Here is a patch to fix this problem:

--- tcl.m4.old  Fri Jul 20 10:51:31 2001
+++ tcl.m4.new  Fri Jul 20 11:50:21 2001
@@ -853,18 +853,20 @@
                DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
                DL_LIBS=""
                LDFLAGS=""
-               LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
                AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ELF)
                AC_EGREP_CPP(yes, [
 #ifdef __ELF__
        yes
 #endif
-               ],
+               ], [
                    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-                   SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so',
+                    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
+                   SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so'
+                ], [
                    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+                    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
                    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so.1.0'
-               )
+               ])
            ], [
                SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
                SHLIB_LD="echo tclLdAout $CC \{$SHLIB_CFLAGS\} | `pwd`/tclsh -r"


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