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index 87a8b414df000cc15c131b26c19721c08e48ca54..6a5eafab26cfa8f5f52375aff1e3b762c2ab4d45 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# $Id: mk-1st.awk,v 1.76 2007/03/03 20:26:06 tom Exp $
+# $Id: mk-1st.awk,v 1.125 2023/04/22 15:49:59 tom Exp $
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+# Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                  #
+# Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                    #
 #                                                                            #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
 #      name              (library name, e.g., "ncurses", "panel", "forms", "menus")
 #      traces            ("all" or "DEBUG", to control whether tracing is compiled in)
 #      MODEL             (e.g., "DEBUG", uppercase; toupper is not portable)
+#      CXX_MODEL         (e.g., "DEBUG", uppercase)
+#      LIB_SUFFIX        (e.g., "", "w", "t", "tw")
+#      USE_LIB_SUFFIX (e.g., "", "w", "t", "tw")
 #      model             (directory into which we compile, e.g., "obj")
 #      prefix            (e.g., "lib", for Unix-style libraries)
 #      suffix            (e.g., "_g.a", for debug libraries)
 #      subset            ("none", "base", "base+ext_funcs" or "termlib", etc.)
+#      driver            ("yes" or "no", depends on --enable-term-driver)
 #      ShlibVer          ("rel", "abi" or "auto", to augment DoLinks variable)
 #      ShlibVerInfix ("yes" or "no", determines location of version #)
-#   TermlibRoot   ("tinfo" or other root for libterm.so)
+#      SymLink           ("ln -s", etc)
+#      TermlibRoot       ("tinfo" or other root for libterm.so)
+#      TermlibSuffix (".so" or other suffix for libterm.so)
 #      ReLink            ("yes", or "no", flag to rebuild shared libs on install)
+#      ReRanlib          ("yes", or "no", flag to rerun ranlib for installing static)
 #      DoLinks           ("yes", "reverse" or "no", flag to add symbolic links)
 #      rmSoLocs          ("yes" or "no", flag to add extra clean target)
 #      ldconfig          (path for this tool, if used)
+#      make_phony    ("yes" if the make-program accepts ".PHONY" directive.
 #      overwrite         ("yes" or "no", flag to add link to libcurses.a
 #      depend            (optional dependencies for all objects, e.g, ncurses_cfg.h)
 #      host              (cross-compile host, if any)
+#      libtool_version (libtool "-version-info" or "-version-number")
 #
 # Notes:
 #      CLIXs nawk does not like underscores in command-line variable names.
 #      Mixed-case variable names are ok.
-#      HP/UX requires shared libraries to have executable permissions.
+#      HP-UX requires shared libraries to have executable permissions.
 #
 function is_ticlib() {
                return ( subset ~ /^ticlib$/ );
        }
 function is_termlib() {
-               return ( subset ~ /^(ticlib\+)?termlib(\+ext_tinfo)?$/ );
+               return ( subset ~ /^(ticlib\+)?termlib((\+[^+ ]+)*\+[a-z_]+_tinfo)?$/ );
        }
 # see lib_name
 function lib_name_of(a_name) {
@@ -66,9 +76,11 @@ function lib_name_of(a_name) {
        }
 # see imp_name
 function imp_name_of(a_name) {
-               if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
+               if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll" || ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll" || ShlibVerInfix == "mingw") {
                        result = sprintf("%s%s%s.a", prefix, a_name, suffix);
-               } else {
+               } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+                       result = sprintf("%s%s%s.lib", prefix, a_name, suffix);
+               } else{
                        result = "";
                }
                return result;
@@ -77,6 +89,10 @@ function imp_name_of(a_name) {
 function abi_name_of(a_name) {
                if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
                        result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "cyg", a_name, suffix);
+               } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll") {
+                       result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "msys-", a_name, suffix);
+               } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "mingw" || ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+                       result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
                } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "yes") {
                        result = sprintf("%s%s.$(ABI_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
                } else {
@@ -88,6 +104,10 @@ function abi_name_of(a_name) {
 function rel_name_of(a_name) {
                if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
                        result = sprintf("%s%s$(REL_VERSION)%s", "cyg", a_name, suffix);
+               } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll") {
+                       result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "msys-", a_name, suffix);
+               } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "mingw" || ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+                       result = sprintf("%s%s$(REL_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
                } else if (ShlibVerInfix == "yes") {
                        result = sprintf("%s%s.$(REL_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
                } else {
@@ -104,7 +124,7 @@ function end_name_of(a_name) {
                } else {
                        if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
                                result = rel_name_of(a_name);
-                       } else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" || ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+                       } else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" || ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll" ) {
                                result = abi_name_of(a_name);
                        } else {
                                result = lib_name_of(a_name);
@@ -114,36 +134,53 @@ function end_name_of(a_name) {
        }
 function symlink(src,dst) {
                if ( src != dst ) {
-                       printf "rm -f %s; ", dst
+                       if ( SymLink !~ /.*-f.*/ ) {
+                               printf "rm -f %s; ", dst
+                       }
                        printf "$(LN_S) %s %s; ", src, dst
                }
        }
 function rmlink(directory, dst) {
-               printf "\t-rm -f %s/%s\n", directory, dst
+               if ( dst != "" ) {
+                       printf "\t-rm -f %s/%s\n", directory, dst
+               }
        }
 function removelinks(directory) {
-               rmlink(directory, end_name);
+               nlinks = 0;
+               links[nlinks++] = end_name;
                if ( DoLinks == "reverse" ) {
                        if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
-                               rmlink(directory, abi_name);
-                               rmlink(directory, rel_name);
+                               links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
+                               links[nlinks++] = rel_name;
                        } else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" ) {
-                               rmlink(directory, abi_name);
+                               links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
                        }
                } else {
                        if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
-                               rmlink(directory, abi_name);
-                               rmlink(directory, lib_name);
+                               links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
+                               links[nlinks++] = lib_name;
                        } else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" ) {
-                               rmlink(directory, lib_name);
+                               links[nlinks++] = lib_name;
+                       }
+               }
+               for (j = 0; j < nlinks; ++j) {
+                       found = 0;
+                       for (k = 0; k < j; ++k ) {
+                               if ( links[j] == links[k] ) {
+                                       found = 1;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if ( !found ) {
+                               rmlink(directory, links[j]);
                        }
                }
        }
 function make_shlib(objs, shlib_list) {
-               printf "\t$(MK_SHARED_LIB) $(%s_OBJS) $(%s) $(LDFLAGS)\n", objs, shlib_list
+               printf "\t$(MK_SHARED_LIB) $(%s_OBJS) $(%s)\n", objs, shlib_list
        }
 function sharedlinks(directory) {
-               if ( ShlibVer != "auto" && ShlibVer != "cygdll" ) {
+               if ( ShlibVer != "auto" && ShlibVer != "cygdll" && ShlibVer != "msysdll" && ShlibVer != "mingw" && ShlibVer != "msvcdll" ) {
                        printf "\tcd %s && (", directory
                        if ( DoLinks == "reverse" ) {
                                if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
@@ -163,21 +200,38 @@ function sharedlinks(directory) {
                        printf ")\n"
                }
        }
+# termlib may be named explicitly via "--with-termlib=XXX", which overrides
+# any suffix.  Temporarily override "suffix" to account for this.
+function termlib_end_of() {
+       termlib_save_suffix = suffix;
+       suffix = TermlibSuffix;
+       termlib_temp_result = end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+       suffix = termlib_save_suffix;
+       return termlib_temp_result;
+}
 function shlib_build(directory) {
                dst_libs = sprintf("%s/%s", directory, end_name);
                printf "%s : \\\n", dst_libs
-               printf "\t\t%s \\\n", directory
+               if (subset == "ticlib" && driver == "yes" ) {
+                       base = name;
+                       sub(/^tic/, "ncurses", base); # workaround for "w"
+                       printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, end_name_of(base);
+               }
                if (subset ~ /^base/ || subset == "ticlib" ) {
                        save_suffix = suffix
                        sub(/^[^.]\./,".",suffix)
                        if (directory != "../lib") {
-                               printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", "../lib", end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+                               printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", "../lib", termlib_end_of();
                        }
-                       printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+                       printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, termlib_end_of();
                        suffix = save_suffix
                }
-               printf "\t\t$(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
+               printf "\t\t$(RESULTING_SYMS) $(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
                printf "\t@echo linking $@\n"
+               printf "\t@mkdir -p %s\n", directory
+               if ( ReLink != "yes" ) {
+                       printf "\t@sleep 1\n"
+               }
                if ( is_ticlib() ) {
                        make_shlib(OBJS, "TICS_LIST")
                } else if ( is_termlib() ) {
@@ -190,14 +244,11 @@ function shlib_build(directory) {
 function shlib_install(directory) {
                src_lib1 = sprintf("../lib/%s", end_name);
                dst_lib1 = sprintf("%s/%s", directory, end_name);
-               printf "%s : \\\n", dst_libs
+               printf "%s : \\\n", dst_lib1
                printf "\t\t%s \\\n", directory
-               printf "\t\t%s\n", src_libs
+               printf "\t\t%s\n", src_lib1
                printf "\t@echo installing $@\n"
                printf "\t$(INSTALL_LIB) %s %s\n", src_lib1, dst_lib1;
-               if ( src_lib2 != "" ) {
-                       printf "\t$(INSTALL_LIB) %s %s\n", src_lib2, dst_lib2;
-               }
                sharedlinks(directory)
        }
 function install_dll(directory,filename) {
@@ -211,36 +262,73 @@ function install_dll(directory,filename) {
                }
                printf "\t%s %s %s\n", program, src_name, dst_name
        }
+function in_subset(value) {
+               value = " " value " ";
+               check = subset;
+               gsub("[+]", " ", check);
+               check = " " check " ";
+               return index(check,value);
+       }
+function trim_suffix(value) {
+       if (USE_LIB_SUFFIX != "" && length(value) > length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX)) {
+               check = substr(value, 1 + length(value) - length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX));
+               if (check == USE_LIB_SUFFIX) {
+                       value = substr(value, 1, length(value) - length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX));
+               }
+       }
+       return value;
+}
 BEGIN  {
-               found = 0
-               using = 0
+               TOOL_PREFIX = "";
+               found = 0;
+               using = 0;
        }
        /^@/ {
                using = 0
                if (subset == "none") {
                        using = 1
-               } else if (index(subset,$2) > 0) {
+                       print  ""
+                       print "# generated by mk-1st.awk"
+               } else if (in_subset($2) > 0) {
                        if (using == 0) {
                                if (found == 0) {
+                                       if ( name ~ /^.*\+\+.*/ ) {
+                                               if ( CXX_MODEL == "NORMAL" && MODEL == "SHARED" ) {
+                                                       print  ""
+                                                       printf "# overriding model from %s to match CXX_MODEL\n", MODEL;
+                                                       MODEL = "NORMAL";
+                                                       suffix = ".a";
+                                                       DoLinks = "no";
+                                               }
+                                       }
                                        print  ""
                                        printf "# generated by mk-1st.awk (subset=%s)\n", subset
-                                       printf "#  name:          %s\n", name 
-                                       printf "#  traces:        %s\n", traces 
-                                       printf "#  MODEL:         %s\n", MODEL 
-                                       printf "#  model:         %s\n", model 
-                                       printf "#  prefix:        %s\n", prefix 
-                                       printf "#  suffix:        %s\n", suffix 
-                                       printf "#  subset:        %s\n", subset 
-                                       printf "#  ShlibVer:      %s\n", ShlibVer 
-                                       printf "#  ShlibVerInfix: %s\n", ShlibVerInfix 
-                                       printf "#  TermlibRoot:   %s\n", TermlibRoot 
-                                       printf "#  ReLink:        %s\n", ReLink 
-                                       printf "#  DoLinks:       %s\n", DoLinks 
-                                       printf "#  rmSoLocs:      %s\n", rmSoLocs 
-                                       printf "#  ldconfig:      %s\n", ldconfig 
-                                       printf "#  overwrite:     %s\n", overwrite 
-                                       printf "#  depend:        %s\n", depend 
-                                       printf "#  host:          %s\n", host 
+                                       printf "#  name:            %s\n", name
+                                       printf "#  traces:          %s\n", traces
+                                       printf "#  MODEL:           %s\n", MODEL
+                                       printf "#  CXX_MODEL:       %s\n", CXX_MODEL
+                                       printf "#  LIB_SUFFIX:      %s\n", LIB_SUFFIX
+                                       printf "#  USE_LIB_SUFFIX:  %s\n", USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+                                       printf "#  model:           %s\n", model
+                                       printf "#  prefix:          %s\n", prefix
+                                       printf "#  suffix:          %s\n", suffix
+                                       printf "#  subset:          %s\n", subset
+                                       printf "#  driver:          %s\n", driver
+                                       printf "#  ShlibVer:        %s\n", ShlibVer
+                                       printf "#  ShlibVerInfix:   %s\n", ShlibVerInfix
+                                       printf "#  SymLink:         %s\n", SymLink
+                                       printf "#  TermlibRoot:     %s\n", TermlibRoot
+                                       printf "#  TermlibSuffix:   %s\n", TermlibSuffix
+                                       printf "#  ReLink:          %s\n", ReLink
+                                       printf "#  ReRanlib:        %s\n", ReRanlib
+                                       printf "#  DoLinks:         %s\n", DoLinks
+                                       printf "#  rmSoLocs:        %s\n", rmSoLocs
+                                       printf "#  ldconfig:        %s\n", ldconfig
+                                       printf "#  make_phony:      %s\n", make_phony
+                                       printf "#  overwrite:       %s\n", overwrite
+                                       printf "#  depend:          %s\n", depend
+                                       printf "#  host:            %s\n", host
+                                       printf "#  libtool_version: %s\n", libtool_version
                                        print  ""
                                }
                                using = 1
@@ -266,18 +354,28 @@ BEGIN     {
                 && ( $1 != "link_test" ) \
                 && ( $2 == "lib" \
                   || $2 == "progs" \
-                  || $2 == "c++" \
-                  || $2 == "tack" ))
+                  || $2 == "c++" ))
                {
                        if ( found == 0 )
                        {
                                printf "%s_OBJS =", OBJS
-                               if ( $2 == "lib" )
-                                       found = 1
-                               else
-                                       found = 2
+                               if ( $2 == "lib" ) {
+                                       found = 1;
+                               } else if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
+                                       TOOL_PREFIX = "CXX_";
+                                       found = 1;
+                               } else {
+                                       found = 2;
+                               }
+                               if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
+                                       CC_NAME="CXX"
+                                       CC_FLAG="CXXFLAGS"
+                               } else {
+                                       CC_NAME="CC"
+                                       CC_FLAG="CFLAGS"
+                               }
                        }
-                       printf " \\\n\t../%s/%s$o", model, $1
+                       printf " \\\n\t../%s/%s$o", model, $1;
                }
        }
 END    {
@@ -303,7 +401,7 @@ END {
                                print  "install \\"
                                print  "install.libs \\"
 
-                               if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+                               if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
 
                                        dst_dirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)";
                                        printf "install.%s :: %s $(LIBRARIES)\n", name, dst_dirs
@@ -324,14 +422,23 @@ END       {
 
                                if ( overwrite == "yes" && name == "ncurses" )
                                {
-                                       if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
-                                               ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s.a", suffix)
+                                       if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || SlibVer == "msvcdll") {
+                                               if (ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
+                                                       curses_prefix = ""
+                                               } else {
+                                                       curses_prefix = "lib"
+                                               }
+                                               ovr_name = sprintf("%scurses%s.a", curses_prefix, suffix)
                                                printf "\t@echo linking %s to %s\n", imp_name, ovr_name
-                                               printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && (rm -f %s; $(LN_S) %s %s; )\n", ovr_name, imp_name, ovr_name
+                                               printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && ("
+                                               symlink(imp_name, ovr_name)
+                                               printf ")\n"
                                        } else {
                                                ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
                                                printf "\t@echo linking %s to %s\n", end_name, ovr_name
-                                               printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && (rm -f %s; $(LN_S) %s %s; )\n", ovr_name, end_name, ovr_name
+                                               printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && ("
+                                               symlink(end_name, ovr_name)
+                                               printf ")\n"
                                        }
                                }
                                if ( ldconfig != "" && ldconfig != ":" ) {
@@ -341,7 +448,7 @@ END {
                                print  "uninstall \\"
                                print  "uninstall.libs \\"
                                printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", name
-                               if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+                               if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
 
                                        printf "\t@echo uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/%s\n", end_name
                                        printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/%s\n", end_name
@@ -354,11 +461,7 @@ END        {
                                        removelinks("$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)")
                                        if ( overwrite == "yes" && name == "ncurses" )
                                        {
-                                               if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
-                                                       ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s.a", suffix)
-                                               } else {
-                                                       ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
-                                               }
+                                               ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
                                                printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", ovr_name
                                        }
                                }
@@ -371,24 +474,52 @@ END       {
                        }
                        else if ( MODEL == "LIBTOOL" )
                        {
-                               if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
-                                       compile="CXX"
+                               end_name = lib_name;
+                               use_name = trim_suffix(TermlibRoot) USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+                               printf "../lib/%s : \\\n", lib_name
+                               if ( (name != use_name ) && ( index(name, "++") == 0 ) && ( index(name, "tic") == 1 || index(name, "ncurses") == 1 ) ) {
+                                       printf "\t\t../lib/lib%s.la \\\n", use_name;
+                                       if ( index(name, "tic") == 1 && index(TermlibRoot, "ncurses") != 1 ) {
+                                               printf "\t\t../lib/lib%s%s.la \\\n", "ncurses", USE_LIB_SUFFIX;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               printf "\t\t$(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
+                               if ( is_ticlib() ) {
+                                       which_list = "TICS_LIST";
+                               } else if ( is_termlib() ) {
+                                       which_list = "TINFO_LIST";
                                } else {
-                                       compile="CC"
+                                       which_list = "SHLIB_LIST";
+                               }
+                               printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) $(%s) \\\n", CC_NAME, CC_FLAG;
+                               printf "\t\t-o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) \\\n", lib_name, OBJS;
+                               printf "\t\t-rpath $(libdir) \\\n";
+                               printf "\t\t%s $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(LT_UNDEF) $(%s) $(LDFLAGS)\n", libtool_version, which_list;
+                               if ( make_phony == "yes" ) {
+                                       print  ""
+                                       printf ".PHONY :\tinstall.%s\n", trim_suffix(name);
                                }
-                               end_name = lib_name;
-                               printf "../lib/%s : $(%s_OBJS)\n", lib_name, OBJS
-                               printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) -o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) -version-info $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(SHLIB_LIST)\n", compile, lib_name, OBJS
                                print  ""
                                print  "install \\"
                                print  "install.libs \\"
-                               printf "install.%s :: $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) ../lib/%s\n", name, lib_name
+                               printf "install.%s :: \\\n", trim_suffix(name);
+                               printf "\t\t$(DESTDIR)$(libdir) \\\n";
+                               use_name = TermlibRoot USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+                               if ( (name != use_name ) && ( index(name, "++") == 0 ) && ( index(name, "tic") == 1 || index(name, "ncurses") == 1 ) ) {
+                                       if ( trim_suffix(TermlibRoot) != trim_suffix(name) ) {
+                                               printf "\t\tinstall.%s \\\n", trim_suffix(TermlibRoot);
+                                       }
+                                       if ( index(name, "tic") == 1 && index(TermlibRoot, "ncurses") != 1 && trim_suffix(name) != "ncurses" ) {
+                                               printf "\t\tinstall.%s \\\n", "ncurses";
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               printf "\t\t../lib/%s\n", lib_name
                                printf "\t@echo installing ../lib/%s as $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name, lib_name
                                printf "\tcd ../lib; $(LIBTOOL_INSTALL) $(INSTALL) %s $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)\n", lib_name
                                print  ""
                                print  "uninstall \\"
                                print  "uninstall.libs \\"
-                               printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", name
+                               printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", trim_suffix(name)
                                printf "\t@echo uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
                                printf "\t-@$(LIBTOOL_UNINSTALL) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
                        }
@@ -396,7 +527,13 @@ END        {
                        {
                                end_name = lib_name;
                                printf "../lib/%s : $(%s_OBJS)\n", lib_name, OBJS
-                               printf "\t$(AR) $(AR_OPTS) $@ $?\n"
+                               # workaround: binutils' ranlib tries to be clever with
+                               # timestamps, by pretending its update took no time, confusing
+                               # the make utility.
+                               if ( ReLink != "yes" ) {
+                                       printf "\t@sleep 1\n"
+                               }
+                               printf "\t$(%sAR) $(%sARFLAGS) $@ $?\n", TOOL_PREFIX, TOOL_PREFIX;
                                printf "\t$(RANLIB) $@\n"
                                if ( host == "vxworks" )
                                {
@@ -412,9 +549,14 @@ END        {
                                {
                                        printf "\t@echo linking libcurses.a to libncurses.a\n"
                                        printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libcurses.a\n"
-                                       printf "\t(cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && $(LN_S) libncurses.a libcurses.a)\n"
+                                       printf "\t(cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && "
+                                       symlink("libncurses.a", "libcurses.a")
+                                       printf ")\n"
+                               }
+                               if ( ReRanlib == "yes" )
+                               {
+                                       printf "\t$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
                                }
-                               printf "\t$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
                                if ( host == "vxworks" )
                                {
                                        printf "\t@echo installing ../lib/lib%s$o as $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/lib%s$o\n", name, name