Re: PATCH: Fix mips*-*-linux*

[Robert Boehne]

H.J.

If you are creating archive libraries then you'd need it, right?

I have committed your patch, although I'm not 100% sure of it,
I figure the binutils people know more about this low-level stuff
than I do.  (that's a safe bet!)

Thanks,

Robert


"H . J . Lu" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 11:24:42AM -0500, Robert Boehne wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Here is the patch reworked for HEAD.  If noone objects
> > I'll commit it.
> >
> > ChangeLog Entry:
> >
> > 2001-10-23  H.J. Lu <address@hidden>
> >
> >         * ltmain.sh: Allow link against an archive when building a
> >         shared library.
> >
> >         * libtool.m4 (lt_cv_deplibs_check_method): Always use
> >         file_magic for Linux ELF.
> >
> >
> 
> IMHO, the whole lt_cv_deplibs_check_method stuff in libtool is all
> wrong, at least on ELF when building a shared library. The only thing
> you can put in
> 
> dependency_libs=...
> 
> in lib*.la is DSO. You should never, ever put an archive in it, at
> least not on ELF.
> 
> H.J.

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