> >The patch is fine as a workaround for above. But regarding upstream > >libtool, I'd rather like the fix be done in the right place, in KDEs > >configury. > > It's not only KDE which barfs at it. Things get worse when you also > have a dummy libdl (libdl functions are in libc), which - out of a > sudden - unbreaks lots of stuff which just refuses to build e.g. mo- > dules without a libdl existing.
libdl has been dead/gone for a LONG time now. In fact it is silly to keep libresolv around at this day and age. "Legacy" programs that think they need it can be trivially fixed. I don't think having it around gains anything anymore, it's 2005.