MySQL Bugs: #96308: Switch from ar/ranlib to libtool for creating static libraries on MacOS

Bug #96308	Switch from ar/ranlib to libtool for creating static libraries on MacOS
Submitted:	24 Jul 2019 8:16	Modified:	24 Jul 2019 11:47
Reporter:	Jon Olav Hauglid	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Compiling	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	8.0.19	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
The man page for ranlib/libtool on MacOS says:
"Libtool with --static is intended to replace ar(5) and ranlib. For backward compatibility, ranlib is still available, ..."

We should switch to libtool to be future proof.
Testing indicates that libtool is also slightly faster when building optimized builds.

How to repeat:
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Posted by developer:
 
Fixed in 8.0.19.

Build/configuration cleanup. No changelog entry required.