Re: linux ld accepts -rpath [libtool--gary--1.0--patch-58]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 06:08:33PM CET:
> 
> I just noticed that when doing large builds with pkgconfiged dependency
> trees linked in using libtool, the -rpath entries are doubled up.  One
> from the .pc file, spelled `-Wl,-rpath,/opt/gnome/blah' and another
> generated by libtool, spelled `-Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/gnome/blah'.  The
> double hyphen in libtool's spelling seems wrong to me.  This patch
> causes no regressions on my modern Mandrake linux, my powerbook and
> two older versions of Redhat.
> 
> Okay to commit?

I guess that should be fine.  ChangeLog mentions of -rpath go way back
to 1995, so if they didn't do consistent typos there, that should be a
rock solid change.

Regards,
Ralf