On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:02:55PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 17:19 -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > > >> Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Doesn't this patch cause Linux to be more equal than other operating > > >>> systems, thereby causing free applications to be developed which won't > > >>> work anywhere else? > > > > > > No, it just shortens the link line on platforms that support that. > > > > The point of my statement is that many applications are developed > > solely under Linux, but the authors expect them to be portable because > > they use autotools and standard APIs. It seems that the shortened > > link line will allow developers to not list the dependencies which are > > necessary on some other platforms. > > > Actually, I'd say the opposite is true ... the LONGER link line, > produced by the current Libtool, is what allows people to get away with > this because Libtool puts more stuff into the link line. > > A shorter, more concise, link line actually forces people to make sure > they *do* link anything they require themselves, rather than relying on > Libtool to do the right thing for them.
but where does the problem show up? on !Linux, because Linux will "do the right thing". -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool