Remove use of ranlib.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2011-02-15  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@gmail.com>
+
+	[BZ #12469]
+	* Makeconfig: Remove RANLIB definition.
+	* Makerules: Don't use RANLIB.
+	* aclocal.m4: Remove ranlib test.
+	* configure.in: No need to check for ranlib.
+	* elf/rtld-Rules: Don't use RANLIB.
+
 2011-02-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* stdio-common/printf-parsemb.c (__parse_one_specmb): Handle

Makeconfig

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1991-2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010
+# Copyright (C) 1991-2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
 #	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -593,10 +593,6 @@ ifndef LD
 LD := ld -X
 endif
 
-ifndef	RANLIB
-RANLIB = ranlib
-endif
-
 # Extra flags to pass to GCC.
 ifeq ($(all-warnings),yes)
 +gccwarn := -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Winline -Wcast-qual -Wbad-function-cast -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wcomment -Wcomments -Wtrigraphs -Wsign-compare -Wfloat-equal -Wmultichar

Makerules

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1991-2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1991-2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
 # The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -805,7 +805,6 @@ endef
 define do-makelib
 cd $(common-objdir) && \
 $(AR) $(CREATE_ARFLAGS) $(@F) `cat $(patsubst $(common-objpfx)%,%,$^)`
-$(RANLIB) $@
 endef
 subdirs-stamps := $(foreach d,$(subdirs),$(common-objpfx)$d/stamp%)
 subdirs-stamp-o = $(subst %,$o,$(subdirs-stamps))
@@ -827,7 +826,6 @@ define build-extra-lib
 $(patsubst %/,cd % &&,$(objpfx)) \
 $(AR) $(CREATE_ARFLAGS) $(@:$(objpfx)%=%) \
       $(patsubst $(objpfx)%,%,$^)
-$(RANLIB) $@
 endef
 
 # Installation.
@@ -872,9 +870,6 @@ install: $(installed-libcs)
 $(installed-libcs): $(inst_libdir)/lib$(libprefix)%: lib $(+force)
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(common-objpfx)lib$(*:$(libc-name)%=c%) $@
-# Running ranlib after installing makes the __.SYMDEF time stamp up to
-# date, which avoids messages from some linkers.
-	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 define do-install-program
 $(make-target-directory)
@@ -1108,7 +1103,6 @@ ifdef install-lib.a
 $(install-lib.a:lib%.a=$(inst_libdir)/lib$(libprefix)%.a): \
   $(inst_libdir)/lib$(libprefix)%.a: $(objpfx)lib%.a $(+force)
 	$(do-install)
-	$(patsubst %,$(RANLIB) $@,$(filter-out $(non-lib.a),$(<F)))
 endif
 endif
 ifdef install-data

aclocal.m4

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ else
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([version of [$]$1])
 changequote(<<,>>)dnl
   ac_prog_version=`<<$>>$1 $3 2>&1 ifelse(<<$4>>,,,
-                   <<| sed -n 's/^.*patsubst(<<$4>>,/,\/).*$/\1/p'>>)`
+		   <<| sed -n 's/^.*patsubst(<<$4>>,/,\/).*$/\1/p'>>)`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
     <<$5>>)
@@ -102,17 +102,6 @@ AC_SUBST(AR)
 OBJDUMP=`$CC -print-prog-name=objdump`
 AC_SUBST(OBJDUMP)
 
-# ranlib has to be treated a bit differently since it might not exist at all.
-ac_ranlib=`$CC -print-prog-name=ranlib`
-if test "x$ac_ranlib" = xranlib; then
-# This extra check has to happen since gcc simply echos the parameter in
-# case it cannot find the value in its own directories.
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
-else
-  RANLIB=$ac_ranlib
-fi
-AC_SUBST(RANLIB)
-
 # Determine whether we are using GNU binutils.
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether $AS is GNU as, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu,
 [LIBC_PROG_FOO_GNU($AS, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=yes, libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=no)])

configure

@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ PWD_P
 LD
 AS
 MIG
-RANLIB
 OBJDUMP
 AR
 LN_S
@@ -4670,108 +4669,6 @@ AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 OBJDUMP=`$CC -print-prog-name=objdump`
 
 
-# ranlib has to be treated a bit differently since it might not exist at all.
-ac_ranlib=`$CC -print-prog-name=ranlib`
-if test "x$ac_ranlib" = xranlib; then
-# This extra check has to happen since gcc simply echos the parameter in
-# case it cannot find the value in its own directories.
-if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_RANLIB+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_RANLIB="$RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_RANLIB="${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB
-if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $RANLIB" >&5
-$as_echo "$RANLIB" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"; then
-  ac_ct_RANLIB=$RANLIB
-  # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB="$ac_ct_RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB="ranlib"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-ac_ct_RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB
-if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_RANLIB" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_ct_RANLIB" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-  if test "x$ac_ct_RANLIB" = x; then
-    RANLIB=":"
-  else
-    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
-yes:)
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
-ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
-esac
-    RANLIB=$ac_ct_RANLIB
-  fi
-else
-  RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
-fi
-
-else
-  RANLIB=$ac_ranlib
-fi
-
-
 # Determine whether we are using GNU binutils.
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $AS is GNU as" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether $AS is GNU as... " >&6; }
@@ -5410,33 +5307,8 @@ fi
 
 
 
-# check if ranlib is necessary
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ranlib is necessary" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ranlib is necessary... " >&6; }
-if test "${libc_cv_ranlib_necessary+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-int a;
-char b;
-void c(void) {}
-EOF
-$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c
-$AR cr conftest.a conftest.o
-cp conftest.a conftest2.a
-$RANLIB conftest.a
-if cmp -s conftest.a conftest2.a; then
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=no
-else
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=yes
-fi
-rm -rf conftest*
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" >&5
-$as_echo "$libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" >&6; }
-if test "$libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" = no; then
- RANLIB=:
-fi
+# ranlib is never necessary on Linux and Hurd systems
+RANLIB=:
 
 # Test if LD_LIBRARY_PATH contains the notation for the current directory
 # since this would lead to problems installing/building glibc.

configure.in

@@ -1095,26 +1095,8 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(SYSINCLUDES)
 AC_SUBST(CXX_SYSINCLUDES)
 
-# check if ranlib is necessary
-AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether ranlib is necessary, libc_cv_ranlib_necessary, [dnl
-cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-int a;
-char b;
-void c(void) {}
-EOF
-$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c
-$AR cr conftest.a conftest.o
-cp conftest.a conftest2.a
-$RANLIB conftest.a
-if cmp -s conftest.a conftest2.a; then
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=no
-else
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=yes
-fi
-rm -rf conftest*])
-if test "$libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" = no; then
- RANLIB=:
-fi
+# ranlib is never necessary on Linux and Hurd systems
+RANLIB=:
 
 # Test if LD_LIBRARY_PATH contains the notation for the current directory
 # since this would lead to problems installing/building glibc.

elf/rtld-Rules

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Subroutine makefile for compiling libc modules linked into dynamic linker.
 
-# Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2005,2006,2008,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2005,2006,2008,2010,2011
+#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
 # The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ $(objpfx)rtld-libc.a: $(foreach dir,$(rtld-subdirs),\
 					    $(rtld-$(dir))))
 	@-rm -f $@T
 	$(AR) cq$(verbose) $@T $^
-	$(RANLIB) $@T
 	mv -f $@T $@
 
 # Use the verbose option of ar and tar when not running silently.

libidn/configure

@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@ libc_add_on_canonical=
 libc_add_on_subdirs=.
 
 # Get this defined in config.h for main source code to test.
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_LIBIDN 1
-_ACEOF
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBIDN 1" >>confdefs.h
 

manual/install.texi

@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ important to use this same @code{CC} value when running
 @code{configure}, like this: @samp{CC=@var{target}-gcc configure
 @var{target}}.  Set @code{BUILD_CC} to the compiler to use for programs
 run on the build system as part of compiling the library.  You may need to
-set @code{AR} and @code{RANLIB} to cross-compiling versions of @code{ar}
-and @code{ranlib} if the native tools are not configured to work with
+set @code{AR} to cross-compiling versions of @code{ar}
+if the native tools are not configured to work with
 object files for the target you configured for.