Re: /usr/bin/file

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 01:59:59PM +1000, Salisbury, Roger wrote:

> how would I update /usr/bin/file ??
> ./configure spits this out
> 
> *** Warning: the command libtool uses to detect shared libraries,
> *** /usr/bin/file, produces output that libtool cannot recognize.
> *** The result is that libtool may fail to recognize shared libraries
> *** as such.  This will affect the creation of libtool libraries that
> *** depend on shared libraries, but programs linked with such libtool
> *** libraries will work regardless of this problem.  Nevertheless, you
> *** may want to report the problem to your system manager and/or to
> *** bug-libtool@gnu.org

That's a libtool bug.  My RH 7.0 port has the fix.

  Ralf